Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<Steve, True a lot of us use Canon and Nikon gear- bodies are about the same <price when you add the motor to the R8, but the Leica glass (new) is about <double and some of the zooms are 3-4 times that of the other brands. There <are a few of the Canon wide angles that are very close to the Leica glass <but very few. Wilber I can think only in the Canon EF 14mm f1:2.8 L. I own and use this lens with my EOS 1V and its price was on level with Leica glasses. I cannot speak about comparative quality as I have not used the new Elmar 15mm f1:2.8 made by Schneider, so I do not know if it is worse or not. My Voigtländer 12mm f1:5.6 used in a Leica M6 has more vignetting and not more sharpness than the Canon. I'm using regularly Leica lenses and I find that Canon L lenses are not very far behind. By the way and speaking about prices you can see, right now, in Ebay a Nikkor AIS 13mm f1:5.6 whose "buy it now" is $13.7K. I use the equivalent AIS 15mm f1:3.5 and it is not better than Canon nor Voigtländer so you can see price is not always produced by the quality but other factors not always referring to a rational approaching. Kind regards Felix - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html