Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/04

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Subject: Re: New Leica R Zooms
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 14:35:12 -0700
 
At 03:43 PM 8/4/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Does anyone have any experience with or know anything about Leica's
>latest, lower-priced (Ha) R zooms? Leica press releases and reviews are
>obviously very complimentary. How do they compare to the current 28-70,
>35-70 and 70-210? The 80-200 has been out for a while. The 35-70 f4 is
>quite new. The lenses are made in Japan but by who? does anyone know? I
>find the 70-180 is too heavy in both pounds and dollars to suit
>me.Thanks.
>Bob
>

I have the E67 version of the 35-70 and it's a very good lens. I have the
70-180 and it is absolutely spectacular!

Jim