Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] was Leica DSLR, now L or R glass?
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 21:43:09 -0800
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Don

"Smilax"?  Sounds like the name for a happy laxative:-).

Jerry

Don Dory wrote:

> Well, not to be cantankerous, but the 85 F1.4 is an amazingly good lens.  At
> least for the one sample I ran four or five rolls of film through.  It
> worked pretty much like Erwin describes, and acted very much like my 75
> F1.4.  Which is to say very nice indeed.
>
> My only complaint is that I found it difficult to focus wide open at three
> feet.  Something I can easily do with an M3 and the 75 Smilax.
>
> .02
>
> Don
> dorysrus@mindspring.com
>
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