Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've got no interest in the "Leica" 4/3 14-25, Chris, because the Olympus 14-54 performs so well, well built, and is a fraction of the cost - although I would get IS with the Leica version. ;-) On 10/1/06 11:37 PM, "Christopher Williams" <leicachris@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > Sigma's worked with Leica before, nothing new. Plus Olympus is the 4/3's > expert here like it or not so I'm not surprised they helped with the lens. > > I thought the Leica 14-25 or whatever looked "metal" when I saw it at PMA > 2006. Maybe I'm wrong. If BD would just test the damn thing for us :') For > $2500, I think a Leica user would want some Metal in their lives, Runs to > the Hills or Rainbow in the Dark like Metal. Would a Leica user want to be > seen with a Poser Metal lens? Sort of like wearing a Metallica Ride the > Lightning t-shirt and listening to Enuff Z Nuff on you headphones while you > walk down 22 Acadia Ave on your way to the Hammersmith Ballroom. > > I liked when Nikon brought out a "kit" lens with the D70 that was a metal > barrel, and performed like a pro lens. Every other "kit" lens is a plastic > POS. Wow, you buy a Canon semi-pro 30D and you get a $99 18-55 POS as a kit > lens. Oh well, starting to Ramble On - a non metal tune. > > Chris > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Durling" > Subject: [Leica] Article about the Leica branded 25/1.4 4/3 lens > > >> A bit of information and some speculation about this new lens: >> >> > http://ajaxnetphoto.blogspot.com/2006/10/leica-d-summilux-25mm-f14-asph-for. > html >> >> Best regards, >> >> Mike D. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information