Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] moving to Leica SLR ...a few tips please...
From: "Mark Kronquist" <mak@teleport.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 16:34:49 -0700

I have both. Both are wonderful. Size  weight and noise vs wiiiiiide and
looooong and clooooose are the trade offs
- -----Original Message-----
From: Francesco Sanfilippo <fls@5senses.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] moving to Leica SLR ...a few tips please...

>I just worry because I hear so much about the lens tests and ratings
>of M lenses, but not much on R lenses.  I want to make sure I am getting
>THE BEST of Leica.....if the best lenses are M, I will go with M.
>If R lenses are coming out ahead, I will choose R.
>
>Francesco
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>At 07:13 AM 10/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>At 10:06 PM 10/4/98 -0700, you wrote:
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>>>I'd say that the new Summilux is Leica's latest 50mm design. Optics and
>>>mechanics. A new lens in 1998 must be as good as they can make. I'm not
>>>saying anything else.
>>
>>I just saw some Ektachrome 100 (the new stuff) run through the 50 Summilux
>>R. I have to say, it has to be at least as good as the 50 Summicron R.
>>Outstanding quality.
>>
>>>>Also, do you mean the 19 and 28 are the best LEICA 19 and 28 lenses
>>>>or the best 19 and 28 lenses of any brand?
>>
>>I would say yes to both - even though there is some doubt that the 28 R
>>being better than the M, I have heard two people who own both say the R is
>>better. One is Pete Stone, ASMP local chapter prez. in Portland, Or.
>>--
>>
>>Eric Welch
>>St. Joseph, MO
>>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
>>
>>I used to have a handle on life, then it broke
>>
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