Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/17

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Subject: AW: [Leica] 180 f2.8 apo/Astia
From: pehara@t-online.de (Peter Ramlow)
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 09:20:31 +0200

Andrew

You are on the right way. Leica is a small company. It is to much expensiv
to have 3 lenses of the same length in program. There is NO significant
improvement between the 3.4 to the 2,8 lens. The reason that leica is coming
out with the 2,8 lens is only to find in marketing (coasts). 2 lenses are
"cheaper" as to have 3 in window. The "old" 2,8 Elmarit is a very, very good
lens. You do not see on aperture f4,0 it's apo or not.

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Peter Ramlow
Bad Kreuznach (The home of Schneider-Kreuznach)
Germany


Tom and other 180 f2.8 apo enthusiasts: I appreciate the improvement of the
apo lens over the f2.8 Elmarit. However, has any one of the users compared
this lens  with the 180 mm f3.4 apo-telyt? Apart from the the half f-stop
gain
and the closer focusing  is there any improvement in sharpness and color
rendition with the new apo lens?