Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Consensus? Skopar 24mm
From: John Bean <john@jbean.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 20:43:58 +0100

Dominique, I suggest you try one of the Cosina lenses, then see if your 
opinion remains the same. The 25/4 is a nice lens, the 15/4.5 is unmatched 
by anything Leica, the 35/1.7 comes very close to Leica quality, the 50/1.5 
closer still, and the excellent 75/2.5 is difficult to compare, as Leica 
has nothing at that focal length and aperture. Oh, and the Cosina finders 
are BETTER than Leica's.

As an aside, do Cosina actually make SLR lenses in R-mount? I have yet to 
be impressed with anything they make that fits my Nikons - and even less 
impressed with things they make with Nikon (and other) names written on 
them. But the Cosina "Voigtlander" lenses are another matter altogether.

At Wednesday 05/04/2000 11:59, Dominique PELLISSIER wrote:
> >Sorry I missed it. What's the consensus on the Skopar 25MM? Is it a
> >reasonable substitute for 24mm Elmarit-M ASPH?
> >
>##############
>Would you buy a Cosina lens for your reflex Leica ?
>Same thing for your M.

Regards

John Bean