[Leica] R Mid-Range Zooms Charlie Chan

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

Hi Charlie,

I have the f3.5, 35-70 that is supposed to be the better because it handles 
polarizer filter without any problem with the front lens revolving therefore 
throwing the polarizing effect off.

Do you have any words of wisdom about this lens?

thank you,
cheers,
Dr. ted
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Chan" <topoxforddoc at btinternet.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] R Mid-Range Zooms


> Jim,
>
> In order of performance (and funnily price too)
>
> 35-70/2.8 asph - stellar performance and price - really rare
> 28-90/2.8 asph - just discontinued when R line killed off - probably 
> Leica's 'best' mid range zoom - truly excellent performance and currently 
> going for about GBP1200
> 35-70/4 - if you can accept the slow aperture, then it's actually pretty 
> good
> 28-70 ROM - Sigma/Leica lens - not nearly as bad as some make out - it's 
> cheap (for Leica) and perfectly acceptable - a bit of barrel distortion at 
> 28
> 28-70 older lenses - not sure
>
> Charlie Chan
> Cheltenham, UK
>
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>
>
> On 26 Oct 2010, at 01:50, James Laird wrote:
>
>> Just to get off the D700 thread, I'd like the LUG's opinions of the
>> 28-70 and 35-70 R zooms. Are they just rebadged Minolta lenses that
>> are built better? Opinions for or against would be appreciated. I'm
>> looking for a good zoom for my new Sony A900, and would be willing to
>> use R glass with an adapter if it's worth the trouble, or should I
>> just stick with Minolta/Sony/Zeiss glass?
>>
>> Jim Laird
>>
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