Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>> > Hi LUGers! > > Are there any opinions about the R 2.8/24? > > Need your advice .... > > Bye, > > Joachim > <<<<< I had it and liked it. It's the perfect focal length for intimate photography. It became my normal lens for a while. Then I dumped the R's and went to the M's. Now I have the M 24 asph and it's another world. Just no comparison. I never felt that the quality of slides with the R version jumped out at you, I just liked it for the focal length. The M version has both. If you want exceptional optical quality maybe the R 19 2.8 is more the ticket (hearsay, not experience). IMO, the new M lenses in the wide to normal range leave the R lenses for dead (although I havent used the R 50 1.4, which Erwin praises very highly). The famous R 35/2.0 is not in the same league at all. If they ever make a 50/1.4 with the look of the 35/1.4 asph I'll buy it without even looking at the price tag. The only drawback of the M lenses is the close focussing distance - it's not close. Rob. Robert Appleby V. Bellentani 36 41100 MO Italy tel. (+39) 059 303436 mob. (+39) 0348 336 7990