Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm looking for a mid-range zoom for my R system...something in the 28-70 or 35-70 range. Lucien's comments in the "endangered species" thread seem to indicate that Leica's current zooms in these ranges are not that good. I'm wondering if this relates to thier relatively paltry max apertures, image quality, or if it'sjust the fact that there is no wide zoom R lens in the popular 17-35 or 20-35 ranges. I already have the prime lenses I need for the M system and don't want to duplicate these on the R system. I just picked up the latest version 80-200 Vario Elmar, which is great in terms of image quality, but slow compared to what's available from Canon/Nikon. A mid-range zoom would be just the thing. Any comments/feedback would be helpful and much appreciated. Jim Laurel Microsoft Digital Television jplaurel@microsoft.com (425) 703-1143 http://www.microsoft.com/dtv