Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/11

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Leitz 35mm f1.4 vs. Nikkor 35mm f1.4 (kinda..;-) - rec.photo.misc #42209
From: Wolfgang Sachse <sachse@msc.cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 22:00:02 -0500

In article <Do34Mx.Lxs@emr1.emr.ca>, ottawa97@emr1.emr.ca (GSC Conference) writes:
|> peter leyenaar (pleyenaa@direct.ca) wrote:
|> :  From the perspective of a Leica M user the test is about as relevant
|> :  as determining that a Mercedes is a better car and very expensive
|> :  compared to a Honda, by taking out the engines and bench testing 
|> :  them.
|> 
|> Peter, from the perspective of a NON-M (rather former) user
|> there was some doubt as to whether Leica lenses were any
|> good at all (see dubious POP review of the Summiluxes).  For
|> me, this test wasn't so much a Honda/Mercedes comparison but
|> rather "I paid for a Mercedes but did I end up with only a
|> Honda or gulppp, a Lada ??!!"
|> 
|> Hope this helps!
|> 
|> (-: :-) (-: :-) (-: :-) (-: :-)
|>