Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My off-topic 2 cents: After 8 months of use I am falling ever more in love with my R7 and 60 macro elmarit for close up portraits. The 90 elmarit is pretty cool too. The siren of the 21-35 calls but, unless I want to live at 55 degrees, the oil bills plug my ears. From the cold Northeast, Eric - -------------------------------------------------- www.faneuil.net - ----- Original Message ----- From: "firkin" <firkin@balhpl01.ncable.net.au> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 8:03 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: A new lens for the R? What's going on here? > tlianza writes: > > > I was perusing the Leica web site and I see that they have just introduced a > > 28 mm - 90 ASPHERIC f2.8-4 zoom. I remember thinking that when they brought > > out the 21-35, they were only about 8 years behind the times. This lens > > really surprises me. It's obviously a tour de force in optical design. The > > MTF data is so typically great > > I too was surprised: by two things, one the lens came on the Leica site and > no one mentioned it on the LUG (too many posts on the DL2) and surprised > that it was made "at all". Its a lens I will be looking for if the price is > "right" or if I'm feeling in need of retail therapy. I have been using my R8 > more and more lately, and it keeps feeling better and better, and the > results keep getting better too. It had a good workout in Antelope canyon > and Horseshoe bend with the 15 and 21 to 35 and I was once again "rapt" in > its "flash" performance at a recent wedding. I know everyone is diving from > the R series, but they are great cameras for those of us who use them -- > long may there be a niche market. > > Cheers > > Alastair Firkin @ work ;-) > > http://www.afirkin.com > http://www.familyofman2.com > > -- > 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