Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/16

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Subject: RE: [Leica] R zoom recommendation 3.5/35-70 (E60)
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:33:42 -0400

Happy shooting.....so to speak...:-)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ted Grant
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 11:18 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] R zoom recommendation 3.5/35-70 (E60)
>
>
> Hans-Peter.Lammerich@t-online.de wrote:
> >
> > I don’t feel competent to confirm that my 3.5/35-70 (E60, designed and
> > made by Minolta) has the “Leica look” or not., because my experience
> > with non-Leica glas is limited and not exactly in the premier
> league*. But
> > I would confirm that 3.5/35-70 slides don’t stick out, if mixed with
> > “genuine” Leica prime lenses of the same vintage. Before I
> bought the lens,
> > I asked for some advice from the LUG which was positive. Ted Grant for
> > instance described his 3.5/35-70 (Solms made E67, I think) as his “work
> > horse”.<<<<<<<<
>
> Hi Hans-Peter,
> I'd like to see a side by each comparison,  Minolta made Leica 35-70
> with the German version I use,  as the German 35-70 gives me outstanding
> image cutting results.  Even when slides from this lens come on the
> screen mixed  with those from prime Leica lenses there doesn't appear to
> be any difference.
>
> Has anyone out there had experience with both lenses at the same time or
> do they have slides from both they have compared or could compare?
>
> As I'm off to photograph an Indian Pow Wow for a couple of days, I do so
> without reservation of results from the 35-70.  I'll be using a mixture
> of M & R lenses, which I've done on occasions in the past.   And to try
> and be "unobtrusive" this time, I'm only working two R8's and one M6
> instead of the usual three of each!  ;-)  It's not bad, as one R8 with
> motor hangs on each shoulder the M around the neck, I'm going light so's
> to speak. :-) Let you know if I see any particular differences from the
> glass.  Film type? 99% 100VS, 1% 100 SW.
>
> ted
>