Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Felix - I'm sure the zooms don't touch the primes...Some things never change..:-)...But as to wanting that autofocus SLR and some 2.8 zooms - do NOT hold your breath. Rather than that ever happening, I'd be willing to bet that in the next 12 to 18 months we will read of the end of the R line entirely. Why do I say that? I say it because once again Leica's latest financial report shows the R line continuing to decline in sales...The question has really become 'how low can you go' before pulling the plug. Sad, but reality based. B. D. Félix López de Maturana wrote: > > "Challenge to Nikon's 17-35 2.8 APO ASPH etc. silent wave etc. etc. > etc...? > The canon one, I mean. I KNOW that when Leica comes out with theirs - > some time in the next Millenium to go with the autofocus digital M - it > will instantly be rated as the world's best." > > BD > > I use very often both the Nikon and Canon 17-35 f1:2,8 zooms and I can > ansure you that their optical quality, beeing very good, has nothing to > match with corresponding primes from Leica or even from Canon and Nikon. > But, even having considerable distortion and vignetting, they are very > confortable and produce a rather good output. I owned, for short time, a > Contax N1 and his 24-85 mm zoom andf that was a outstandig zoom but the > body was not so much. I should like to see in the future a Leica SLR > autofocus and some 2,8 zooms for complementing the M system. May be in the > future! > > Kind regards > > Félix > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html