Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, I hope you do not feel I was trying to talk down the Leica lenses. All I wanted to say was that there are alternatives that are good quality. ( and that the guy's photos are pretty good in their own right). Yes, your/mine/our 560 Telyts are great lenses, and 10% or less of the Canon, but, to be fair, that is a 38 year old price comparison..... I doubt that if Leica offered them today, they would be significantly different in price. They might even be double to triple the Canon price.... but again, they are not offered today. What is valid is that there are lenses from the past that are equal to todays' optics, and because they are old? used? not today's prices, they are a bargain..... And especially the Telyts from the past....... Frank Filippone red735i at earthlink.net