Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/15

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Subject: Re: A Puzzlement!!! New R 35-70 F4
From: Lucien van Dievoet <100774.527@CompuServe.COM>
Date: 15 Mar 97 09:33:22 EST

Donal Philby wrote

<I would recommend a R7 and 35-70 as similar quality except <that, maddeningly ,
<the lens doesn't focus close enough.  

Donal,

I've just finished to reed a PMA report.
Leica just launch a new 35-70 F4 with  one Asph lens , minimum focusing 20 cm
?!?!?

I'm very disapointed !!

I was expecting a 35-90mm or 35-100mm F2,8.

From my experience, a 35-70mm zoom is one of the useless lens existing !

(I already had three of them, Minolta (the same as the Leica 3,5) and Nikon)


And open at F4 ??

What's the point to have one on your camera, if you have to switch to a 80-200mm
only to make a portrait at  90 mmm.

I hope, whe will see soon, a 35-100mm 2,8 matching the quality of the 70-180mm
f2,8.

Lucien