[LRflex] Re: Best R lenses?

probably the sharpest 80mm you could ever use, but the rom version is very  
expensive, even second hand !

On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:49:36 -0000, Neil Gould <neil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Wayne,
>
>> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 16:21:21 -0500 (EST)
>> From: Wayne Serrano <wayneserrano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Hi Neil,
>>
>> I thought I would offer my two bits; I use and would
> highly recommend
>> the current 28mm Elmarit ROM with retractable hood, 60mm
> Elmarit
>> Macro, 90mm pre ASPH, 100mm Elmarit Macro ROM APO, and the
> 180mm
>> Elmarit ROM APO lenses. They provide optimum quality and I
> am never
>> left wanting. However, I would like to try out and
> possibly pick up
>> an 80mm Summilux!  I have never owned or worked with a
> Leica zoom so
>> I can not comment.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
> After decades of using only fixed focal length lenses, I
> wanted to try a modern zoom, and the 28-70 was the first one
> that I bought, thinking that it may be as good as they get.
> Having learned a bit more about how this lens is
> constructed, I think that there may be some subtle
> performance differences due to the use of a moving iris vs.
> the fixed iris in other zooms, but I don't know. I haven't
> been sufficiently tempted to swap it out for the 35-70. I'm
> pretty sure that the fixed fl lenses would outperform the
> zoom, since they can be better corrected and faster.
>
> However, I'm at the point where travelling light is often an
> important consideration, so I seldom travel with more than
> two lenses with it, typically the 28-70 and 180 2.8. The 100
> APO is a specialty lens, and is too close to the 70 end to
> justify carrying it unless I know that the 180 will be too
> long for the location. If I need a full kit, it's hard to
> justify taking the Leica instead of my Rollei 6008i system,
> since both kits weigh about the same and still make it as
> carry-on in planes in their hard cases.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Neil
>
>
>
> ------
> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at:
>    http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/
> Archives are at:
>     http://www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/


------
Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at:
   http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/
Archives are at:
    http://www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/

Other related posts: