Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/19

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] New 25/1.4 Summilux ASPH!!!
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Thu Oct 19 03:31:48 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>

Might need help translating ;-)

On 19/10/2006, at 3:42, A. Lal 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.
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Leica Users Group.
>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>>
>>
>> __________ NOD32 1.1807 (20061017) Information __________
>>
>> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.
>> http://www.eset.com
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information


Replies: Reply from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor) ([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!!!)