Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 25mm f4 Skopar
From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 10:15:28 -0800

John-
Thanks, I really appreciate your insight about the Skopar. It indeed sounds
like a 'get first' since it is used in more situations.
Best of light to you!
Dan
- ----- Original Message -----
From: John Bean <john@jbean.co.uk>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] 25mm f4 Skopar


> I find the 25/4 is ideal as a "normal" superwide. I can't afford a Leica
> 24, otherwise that would probably be my choice. However, having used the
> Skopar, I find I like it in its own right - the click stops on the focus
> are brilliant, don't miss the RF coupling at all.
>
> The 15/4.5 Heliar is another matter altogether. It is much too wide for my
> normal use, but I do use it in confined spaces, and crop it for
panoramics.
> I bought the Heliar first, and certainly will keep it, but the Skopar is
by
> far the more useful lens for me - tiny, light, contrasty, sharp - and dirt
> cheap. Oh, and the finder is better than the Leica 24, which costs near
> enough as much as this lens.
>