Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > I just bought one of these at a price which was a little too low to turn > down -- of the people here who have used this lens, can you point me to > any pictures? Any opinions (assuming that you have actually used one?) > I have heard various negative things, but then again I have also heard > bad things about my beloved Canon 50/1.2 too. > > I am actually looking forward to one of these lenses so please don't > ruin the fun by saying the ASPH version is better... I imagine that for > what the ASPH sells at, it had damn better be! > > Thanks > Dante > Dante, One of my favorites Here are a few, all at f/1.4: http://www.streetphoto.net/photo_of_the_week/wk10.jpeg http://www.streetphoto.net/photo_of_the_week/wk13.jpg http://www.streetphoto.net/photo_of_the_week/wk17a.jpg http://www.streetphoto.net/photo_of_the_week/wk38.jpeg http://www.streetphoto.net/photo_of_the_week/wk38a.jpeg I do not think it is as bad as some have made it out to be. According to Erwin it is the same optically as the 3rd version 35/2.0, except with one more stop. Not an ASPH but still very good. sl - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html