Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 3/18/03 6:47 PM, Red Dawn at reddawn@singnet.com.sg wrote: > > anybody has an idea of how the 35mm R Summilux stacks up against a Canon > 35mm f1.4L? or the 24mm Elmarit R against the el cheapo Canon 24mm f2.8, or > even the Canon 24mm f1.4L? > R wides in general are not up to the standard set by the recent ASPH M lenses, except for the 19mm Elmarit-R and the new 21-35 zoom. The 24mm Elmarit-R is based on a Minolta lens. Among current R lenses 50mm and longer, the only lens that might not be the best of its type is the 80mm Summilux-R. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html