Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Johnny, have you looked at the Ricoh 28mm? I need a 28mm and am considering >it. I used to do street stuff with a couple of LSRs using 35mm and 85mm >lenses. Now I'm using Leicas I need 28mm and 50mm. > >Julian john and julian, i had been looking for a leica 28 for my iiif - couldn't find one, except for the occasional used hektor on ebay selling for around $800. also stumbled over a canon 28 3.5 from time to time. it looked good, but tended to be pricey for what i was willing to pay. i had heard of, but never seen the ricoh 28 until i found the following listing on ricoh's japanese sight: http://ricoh.co.jp/camera/gr-lens/index.html the lens ain't cheap (it's listed at about $900.) but the few mentions of it i have seen have been positive. also, i am told that it is not commercially available outside of japan. for the iiif, i wound up buying the skopar 25, and am very happy with that lens. yesterday at a local camera dealer the leica guy told me that next on the list of m lens updates was an asph summicron 28... guy