Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Randy: I had one of the original versions a few years back and at the 70mm setting the images were great. I think at the wide setting there was a bit of distortion and not the contrast we normally expect from the Leica lenses. I had compared it in the 35mm setting to my 35mm Summicron-R and it was easy to pick out the superior Summicron pictures. I have since sold the 28-70 and use the new 35-70 F4 zoom and a newer ROM 28mm f2.8. When I compared the 35-70 to the 35mm Summicron, I could not consistently pick which slide was taken with which lens. This was done my shooting a scene on slide film using a tripod and swaping the lenses. I have since sold the 35mm Summicron-R. Regards, Robert At 10:07 AM 12/6/2002 -0800, Randy Jensen wrote: >Would someone tell me just why the 28-70 lens is so horrible? Besides the >distortion at 70mm, that is? I know it's nowhere near as kewl as my 35, 50, >and 90 Summicrons, but it's very convenient, and I just recently had a >client order a 16x20 that I shot with it - it looked fantastic. > >I'm just curious what other's experiences are with this lens. Mine is the >ROM version, BTW, but I understand both versions are identical optically. > >Thanks in advance, >Randy > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html