Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:21 PM 6/18/99 +0300, Peeter Vissak wrote: >Any words about the price and are there any readily available? Please let >me know, but keep in mind I'm on budget! (sounds contradictory - on budget >leica-buyer :-) > The Nikon and Canon lenses you list are all fine lenses. Unfortunately, they have now become increasingly rare collector items, especially the Nikon lenses, so they now frequently cost multiples of what the Leica lenses will cost you. A much better choice, especially to an Estonian, is to pick up the fine range of Russian LTM lenses -- not the Ukrainian FED lenses, but the Jupiter, Orion, and Russar lenses made by KMZ, ZOMZ, and Kazan. Wonderful lenses and rather inexpensive. Plus, they are available in newer versions, the later ones being multi-coated. (And, bluntly, they will optically outperform most of the Nikon and Canon lenses you list, though others dissent.) Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!