Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/18

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Subject: [Leica] New 25/1.4 Summilux ASPH!!!
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Wed Oct 18 11:16:58 2006
References: <6.2.5.6.2.20061018154351.0347f6b0@screengang.com> <C15BBC95.17131%bd@bdcolenphoto.com> <440b792d0610181011s79361933ua9df4d9af815793@mail.gmail.com> <7.0.1.0.0.20061018102401.01bcc908@northcoastphotos.com> <01dd01c6f2dc$bf49ce90$6401a8c0@xyw>

the problemwith sigma lenses are quality control, you must buy from a
local store and try several to find a good one. even though i do have
some sigma lenses,  it is not my first choice and only if i can find
it localy

On 10/18/06, A. Lal <alal@duke.poly.edu> wrote:
> Before paying extra for the Panasonic/Leica 4/3 zoom you might want to have
> a look at the following article:
>
> http://www.dslrmagazine.com/pruebas/pruebas-tecnicas/olympus-frente-a-leica.html
>
> It seems that image stabilisation has its price.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@northcoastphotos.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, 18 October, 2006 1:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] New 25/1.4 Summilux ASPH!!!
>
>
> >I was about ready to spring for the Sigma when Leica announced their own
> >f1.4 prime. Also, the Leica 25mm makes a slightly wider "normal" lens on
> >fourthirds than the Sigma 30mm. A 25mm f1.4 on the Olympus E-330 would 
> >make
> >a wonderful combination in low light, especially with the technique of
> >being able to brace the camera on something while looking down into the
> >live-view LCD viewfinder tilted back at ninety degrees. Now if someone
> >would just put image stabilization into a fourthirds body!
> >
> > Gary Todoroff
> > http://northcoastphotos.com/
> >
> >>B D, amazon, is selling the sigma version in 4/3 mount right now for
> >>about 440 or so
> >>
> >>On 10/18/06, B. D. Colen <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote:
> >>>I don't know a thing about it - except that I, too, can't wait to hear
> >>>what
> >>>it's going to cost, and hope that, unlike the 4/3 version of the Sigma 
> >>>30
> >>>1.4, it actually shows up one of these days; the Sigma is still MIA.
> >
> >
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  regards, mehrdad

Replies: Reply from alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal) ([Leica] New 25/1.4 Summilux ASPH!!!)
In reply to: Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] New 25/1.4 Summilux ASPH!!!)
Message from bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] New 25/1.4 Summilux ASPH!!!)
Message from msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad) ([Leica] New 25/1.4 Summilux ASPH!!!)
Message from datamaster at northcoastphotos.com (Gary Todoroff) ([Leica] New 25/1.4 Summilux ASPH!!!)
Message from alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal) ([Leica] New 25/1.4 Summilux ASPH!!!)