Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi! Your collapsible DRīs must be quite rare as I have never before even seen any mention of them and so I thought that all DRīs were rigid - non-collapsible, that is. Or did/do yourīs easily bend? All the best! Raimo Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - ---------- > From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] .....DR Summicron... > Date: 02. marraskuuta 1999 19:27 > > At 12:04 PM 11/2/1999 -0500, Stewart, Alistair wrote: > >IMHO, if you don't need the closeness, avoid this lens. It is generally more > >expensive than the rigid (collectors!), offers imvho no measurable optical > >advantages (the optical formula was the same as the then-current rigid), and > >ergonomically it is clumsier (ring spacing/closeness) and heavier. > > Hmm. I've owned both (two DR's and four rigids) and sold the rigids, as > they run, at least in these parts, about twice what the DR costs, and they > are identical optically. The DR is a magnificent lens. Those interested > should check out Erwin's analysis. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!