[Leica] Any 28mm shooters out there? Any with the f2.0 ASPH 28mm?

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Vick, as noted by Len, I'm a huge fan of the 2.0 28 asph on my M7. I hope to 
try it on an M8 at some point. My experience with it
has been shooting Velvia 100F and only a little b&w. I consider it gives 
superbly sharp and saturated images. If I was shopping now,
I'd certainly look at the 2.8 28 asph which has since been released. I have 
no personal experience with the earlier (non-asph)
Elmarit. We have seen some superb results from them on the list. I would 
never part with my current lens though.
Gallery with examples here: (or look in the LUG yearbook!)
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/Tas/>
http://tinyurl.com/22jjm8

B&W example here:
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/Vic/Woman_on_city_seat.jpg.html>
http://tinyurl.com/yrol3s

We had a thread or two on vignetting with the retrofocus type designs a 
little while ago. It might be worth a look in the archives?
I haven't tried any of the Leica 35's although I am aiming to get the 2.0 35 
asph, when I can. I currently have a Voigtlander Skopar
35 which is good value for money but not comparable.

Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Vick Ko
Sent: Thursday, 22 February 2007 12:49
To: 'Leica Users Group'
Subject: RE: [Leica] Any 28mm shooters out there? Any with the f2.0 ASPH 
28mm?

Hmmm.  Debating between getting a 35 vs 28.  Not easy to choose.

The 28mm f2 ASPH seems hard to find.

Vick 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Leonard Taupier
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:45 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Any 28mm shooters out there? Any with the f2.0 ASPH
28mm?

Hi Vick,

I know that Hoppy has that lens and just loves it. My son has it as well and
uses it all the time. I use the 28mm Elmarit, non-Asph. I love the
perspective it gives me. It's also a very sharp lens. I don't know about the
new one.

Len


On Feb 21, 2007, at 9:28 PM, Vick Ko wrote:

> Any 28mm shooters out there?
>
> Any with the f2.0 ASPH 28mm?
>
> How do you like the lens?
>
> Or the format?
>
> regards
> Vick
>