Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:06 PM 4/28/98 +0000, you wrote: >If anyone has experience with the new R 50/1.4, I'd love to hear about it. >Also saw the new 180 APO/Elmarit. It may be optically better than the lens >it replaced, but it's bigger, has a plastic hood, and an unwieldy look >compared to the sleak, beautifully made lens it replaced IMHO. Well, plastic hoods are cool. They BOUNCE! Bigger? That's funny, I thought it was supposed to be smaller. All reports so far have been it's much better optically. For me, that's the bottom line. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch The young child is looking in the world to find himself - reflected in a mirror with a thousand faces. - -Maria Montessori