Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I really like the 35/2. It blew the pants off my 35/1.4 (pre-asph) at anything wider than f/4, which is where these lenses tend to get used. Moreover it focuses MUCH closer than any Leica lens, and you don't have the parallax problem either. I would say it's a classic, personally. - - -- Johnny Deadman ................... That lens is the reason I hold on to a small FD kit. I have an 11X14 Reala print of a sick guy's face, close up, full frame, at F2 with the Canon 35mm. Every miserable whisker and sweat drop is vivid.(I spared the victim the pain of seeing the print) That was the one that convinced me FD lenses could be great. The 135/2 is even better.I use an AT-1 manual body. Paul Young has some FD reviews on the Canon FD site. He said he would compare the respective 35/2's someday. cannonicaly, Bill Lawlor