Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Today there was open house at the Leica distributor in Holland. Was this advertised on the LUG? Would have been a nice opportunity to meet some LUGgers again! Sander - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michiel Fokkema" <michiel.fokkema@wanadoo.nl> To: "lug" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 9:06 PM Subject: [Leica] Open house at the Leica distributor in Holland > Hello, > > Today there was open house at the Leica distributor in Holland. Nathan > was also there and we also spoke with Erwin Puts. We had our camera's > checked and I bought a demo winder for my R8. > We fondled a bit with the CM. This is a very nice camera. It really has > the Leica feel. It has all the automatic as well as manual modes. The vf > is much better than the one of the minilux. The lens is the same as that > of the minilux but with a better coating. According to Erwin you won't > see a difference in normal picture taking. > We also saw the new digilux 2. As we all know with the same specs as the > panasonic but with the looks of the CM! It is very big,lens is huge and > not retractable. It has manual focus and zoom equivelant of 28-90. The > vf is of the lcd type. Although you have to get used to it, it is the > only way to avoid the expensive way of the mechanical coupling of the > lens with the vf as we have in the M's. > I already heard some rumors about a new zoom. Well here it was, a > 28-90/2.8-4.5asph. Although a prototype it was fully functional and I > made some pictures with it. It is about 1.5-2 times longer than the > 35-70 and a bit thicker. The weight is not too much. Unfortunate no > macro setting. Filter size is 67mm. The zoom range is very useful but > 90/4.5 is not something I would be very happy with. Erwin assured me > that at 90 it is as good as the 90/2.0AA at the same aperture. The rest > of the range is as good or better than the 35-70. > We couldn't handle the new macro 90. I asked if I can use the extension > ring with other 90's but this is not possible. > The new ultravid binoculars are amazing. These are a class better then > the current Leica and Zeiss binoculars. > > Best regards, > > Michiel Fokkema > -- > 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