Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Buying R8,need advice on lenses conclusion
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 5:56 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)

David W. Almy wrote:

> OK, I'll bite. My 180 Apo Summicron will beat the pants off your 180 2.8
> ED Nikkor. There. Said it. Now, the scary part is that the new 180 Apo
> Elmarit probably will give my Apo Summicron a run for the money. 

Indeed so, but then a more appropriate comparison would be the 200 f2 
Nikkor against the 180mm f2 Apo Summicron. That particular match is rather 
more even.

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