Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>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. > >John Bean > > ####### John, I've not tried Cosina lenses. The MTF-tests for the 15 and for the 25 show that these lenses have a poor quality. My opinion is that we buy at first a Leica lens (for its quality) and, after, the "rear cap" for it (i.e. a leica body or a hexar rf). The contrary seems to me irrational. A cosina lens on a Leica body is as a pimple on the left buttock of a beautiful girl... You write that the finders are better than Leica's. Maybe. But i read that they are not precise. Dominique M. Dominique Pellissier Maître de conférences en économie Université de Nancy2 13, place Carnot C.O. n°26 F-54035 Nancy cedex France phone : 0383261702 mobile : 0612240885 fax :0383192601