Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, In order of performance (and funnily price too) 35-70/2.8 asph - stellar performance and price - really rare 28-90/2.8 asph - just discontinued when R line killed off - probably Leica's 'best' mid range zoom - truly excellent performance and currently going for about GBP1200 35-70/4 - if you can accept the slow aperture, then it's actually pretty good 28-70 ROM - Sigma/Leica lens - not nearly as bad as some make out - it's cheap (for Leica) and perfectly acceptable - a bit of barrel distortion at 28 28-70 older lenses - not sure Charlie Chan Cheltenham, UK topoxforddoc at btinternet.com www.cancer-surgeon.co.uk www.charlie-chan.co.uk On 26 Oct 2010, at 01:50, James Laird wrote: > Just to get off the D700 thread, I'd like the LUG's opinions of the > 28-70 and 35-70 R zooms. Are they just rebadged Minolta lenses that > are built better? Opinions for or against would be appreciated. I'm > looking for a good zoom for my new Sony A900, and would be willing to > use R glass with an adapter if it's worth the trouble, or should I > just stick with Minolta/Sony/Zeiss glass? > > Jim Laird > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information