Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/28

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Subject: [Leica] 35mm Non Leica LTM Lens Recomendations?
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Thu Jul 28 16:16:48 2005
References: <e597ce1754.e1754e597c@shaw.ca>

Greg, 
I assume that you are interested in a user.  With that thought I
believe you would be better off with one of the new VC 35mm lenses.

If you desire to shoot vintage then the late Canon 35mm F2 or F1.8 are
quite good lenses but will set you back around $400 unless you get
lucky.  If you can live with 2.8 then there are a whole lot of
interesting lenses available.  Start with the Soviet 35mm F2.8 Biogon
clones at less than $100; make sure that you have return priveledges
as they can be variable in quality.  The Canon 35 Serenars are also of
pretty high quality and can be had around $200 although the 34mm
filter size is somewhat of a bother.

At the mid to high $200 range you can find 35 Summarons that are quite
sharp and cheap in the 3.5 variant.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com

On 7/28/05, GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote:
> I'm looking to purchase a (non-Leica) LTM lens in the 35mm focal lenght to 
> use with my old IIIf's and IIIg's f2 or there about and not made by VC. 
> Nikon, Canon or other sharp lens?
> 
> Any suggestions on lenses and approximate sale prices?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
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