Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Jem Kime wondered whether any LUGgers posess or have used the 35-70 f2.5-3.3 Angenieux lens - any reports on the quality? Can't speak for the optical quality, but I handled one a month or so ago in a London store, and noted very quickly that on this example the sleeve which controls the focal length had cracked. This seemed to be a very thin and flimsy piece of plastic - hardly surprising it had broken. I recall someone on the LUG asking why I was so opposed to the use of plastic in Leica equipment. Well, this lens demonstrated my objection - sooner or later (and probably sooner) a plastic component will break. Regards, Doug Richardson