Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Nathan Wajsman (private)" wrote: > > I do not have much experience with the wide angle Leica R lenses, but I > do have an older 19mm Elmarit R, which is an excellent performer, and > certainly much superior to the 17mm Tokina lens I once had when I was > shooting Pentax SLR in my pre-Leica days. > > But I also have two newer Leica R lenses which are fantastic: the > 4/35-70mm which is the simply the best zoom I have ever owned, and the > 100mm Apo Macro Elmarit, which I consider to be my best Leica lens, R or > M, and by itself enough reason to buy a Leica SLR. > > My older lenses in the longish range, a 60mm Macro Elmarit and a > 2.8/180mm, are also both excellent, as was a 6.8/400mm I once owned. My > main use of SLRs is with long lenses and macro, and here my R lenses are > *much* better than the Pentax equipment I had before. > > Nathan We're on the same wavelength on this one Nathan!! I'm getting into R and my first lens will be the 60 the second the 180! Macro and longer tele otherwise M! Question is what R body/'s But you say your Leica lenses are better than your Pentax but you start out by saying you put a Tokina lens on your Pentax! Was that the exception or more of the rule? Me if i had a Pentax, and a Pentax ME I'd love to play with: the Olympus OM 1 dwarfs it. I'D HAVE PENTAX GLASS ON IT! GLASS THAT SAID "PENTAX" ON THE FRONT! SAME TYPEFACE EVEN! Not a big lover of third party glass. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html