Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted wrote: << I guess you could ask why they didn't make the 70-180 2.8 a 50 - 250 f2? :) I think maybe they didn't have long enough lathe equipment to make the lens barrels the extra few MM. :) Actually the only person/people who could answer your question with the utmost of truth would be at the Leica head office. Why not try them. >> - --------------------------------------- Ted, I only asked because it seems other manufacturers are getting away from 35-70 for 28-70. But Leica, being Leica, often won't sacrifice image quality. Maybe a "conservative" zoom range (at fixed f2.8) diminishes some at 28mm?? Cheers, Arturo