RE: [Leica] 2/35mm Cannon LTM

[Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net>]

I have one of the faster lenses though it's quite well used and compared to 
the f2 I'd say don't bother.
...if you're interested in pure technical 'betterness'.
If you like 'character' in your lens, 'in spades' then pick up a 1.5, 
there's terrific chromatic distortion wide open with a noticeable amount of 
vignetting too. Like an early 35 Summilux only exaggerated 50x!
Closed down it gets to be respectab;le but I wouldn't have thought the 
equal of the f2, it was an earlier lens, only faster not better.
Jem

- -----Original Message-----
From:	Roland Smith [SMTP:roland@dnai.com]
Sent:	03 September 2000 06:13
To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject:	Re: [Leica] 2/35mm Cannon LTM

Hello Joe:

How do you compare the Canon 35mm f1.5 with the 35mm Canon f2?

Roland Smith
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Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] 2/35mm Cannon LTM


> In a message dated 9/2/00 4:10:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> horsts@primus.com.au writes:
>
> << It was Cannons best ever 35mm f2 screw mount lens.
>
>  Regards, Horst Schmidt >>
>
> I can vouch for that.  I have owned and used all of the Canon 35's, as
well
> as all the Leicas, with the exception of the Hektor and the Aspheric. 
 The
> only one I have kept is the f/2.  I have not yet compared my Canon to the
> latest Leica non-Asph., as Dante has done.  Now I will!
>
> Joe Sobel
>