Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A faster Tri-Elmar would also start to pull sales from the traditional lenses, and would be as expensive as the f2.8 35-70R Leica wisely took their current lens market into consideration when designing this lens. Price it so most M users could afford it as a travel lens, but don't make a lens that you could use as your only piece. Very smart. Dan States Eric wrote: > >In my view, it's the folks who can get along with an f/4 lens that would be >the minority in the M world. It's a design compromise to make that lens >f/4. >Any faster and it would be too big to fit on the M6 and work. > >-- > >Eric Welch >Carlsbad, CA >http://www.neteze.com/ewelch > >"You can't cajole someone into loving you by simply being nice to be >around." - Garrison Keillor - As heard on "A Prairie Home Companion" > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com