Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] RE: Wide zooms
From: Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 14:30:30 -0500
References: <007d01c3254a$4be56bc0$0316fea9@ccasony01>

>Using both the Nikon 17-35 2.8 and Leica M 21 ASPH, I'll say that
>there's no doubt there is less distortion with the M lens than there is
>with the Nikon at 20-21 mm. That said, the Nikon does quite well.


Contemporary primes will always outclass contemporary zooms. The only 
problem is that there is so much money being put in zooms that people 
are rarely recomputing primes to use the new lens coatings, exotic 
glass, and aspheric designs. Oddly, Leica is one of the few that has 
kept up their  'M' primes, mainly because they've been forced to 
(i.e., no M-zooms, not counting the Tri-Elmar).

Karen
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