Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's an Olympus, not a Sigma. ----- Original Message ----- From: "mehrdad" <msadat@gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, 18 October, 2006 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] New 25/1.4 Summilux ASPH!!! > the problemwith sigma lenses are quality control, you must buy from a > local store and try several to find a good one. even though i do have > some sigma lenses, it is not my first choice and only if i can find > it localy > > On 10/18/06, A. Lal <alal@duke.poly.edu> wrote: >> Before paying extra for the Panasonic/Leica 4/3 zoom you might want to >> have >> a look at the following article: >> >> http://www.dslrmagazine.com/pruebas/pruebas-tecnicas/olympus-frente-a-leica.html >> >> It seems that image stabilisation has its price. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@northcoastphotos.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, 18 October, 2006 1:30 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] New 25/1.4 Summilux ASPH!!! >> >> >> >I was about ready to spring for the Sigma when Leica announced their own >> >f1.4 prime. Also, the Leica 25mm makes a slightly wider "normal" lens on >> >fourthirds than the Sigma 30mm. A 25mm f1.4 on the Olympus E-330 would >> >make >> >a wonderful combination in low light, especially with the technique of >> >being able to brace the camera on something while looking down into the >> >live-view LCD viewfinder tilted back at ninety degrees. Now if someone >> >would just put image stabilization into a fourthirds body! >> > >> > Gary Todoroff >> > http://northcoastphotos.com/ >> > >> >>B D, amazon, is selling the sigma version in 4/3 mount right now for >> >>about 440 or so >> >> >> >>On 10/18/06, B. D. Colen <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: >> >>>I don't know a thing about it - except that I, too, can't wait to hear >> >>>what >> >>>it's going to cost, and hope that, unlike the 4/3 version of the Sigma >> >>>30 >> >>>1.4, it actually shows up one of these days; the Sigma is still MIA. >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> > >> > __________ NOD32 1.1807 (20061017) Information __________ >> > >> > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> > http://www.eset.com >> > >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > -- > ------------------------------------- > regards, mehrdad > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >