Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 20:20 07/03/99 -0500, David wrote : >All, > >Excuse the heresy, but has anyone seen any data to back up Eric's claim that the 70-180 is the best zoom available for consumer purchase. I happen to believe Eric's claim (he can't be wrong ALL of the time :-),but would like to have the science to back up the user experience. Many thanks to all of you with superior libraries. > >David W. Almy >Annapolis > ######### Very easy. The FTM test made by the french review Chasseur d'images is outstanding : 5/5 stars. Even at 180 mm and at full aperture, the zoom is equal in quality to the apo 2.8/180...More distorsion however : +0.6% for the former and 0% for the latter. Eric has the luck of the devil ;-) Dominique