Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:32 PM 3/28/96 -0500, you wrote: >Do you have any idea of how the Russian 20mm M lenses compare in >sharpness and flare with the Canon 19mm/f3.5 lens? How about compared to >the three Leica 21mm lenses? > Well, for starters, the Russian 5.6/20 Russar MR-2 is NOT an M lens: its in Leica thread-mount. Second, I've shot widely with mine (both on TM bodies and, with a Leica adaptor, on my M6), and have had no pronounced problem with flare. Third, I have never shot with the Canon lens, but would suspect this is a somewhat sharper lens: it is, after all, a Topogon derivative. Fourth, it is decidedly NOT a Leitz/Leica lens, and I would opt for any Leica lens over either the Canon or the Russar, but, for many of us, money is a factor. If only I could find a $400 2.8/21 Elmarit-M ... Best, Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!