[LRflex] Re: Mid range zoom advice
- From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:41:01 -0800
Welcome Juan and thanks for the iformation about yourself and the lenses. I
will look into the 3.5 version, too, if I finally decide to get a zoom.
I turn my back for 24 hours and the list is full of messages. Such a great
place to get information.
Aram
>From: Juan Gea-Banacloche <banacloj@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [LRflex] Re: Mid range zoom advice
>Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:24:24 -0500
>
>Hello, Aram. I am going to use your question as an excuse to
>introduce myself to the group. Some may remember me from the LUG,
>which I still follow intermittently. I am a Spanish physician who
>lives and works in the US, in Washington DC. I started in photography
>in the late seventies, and I got my first Leica (a model 0, of all
>things!) as a present from my wife for my 40th birthday, in 2002.
>Somehow this event (and discovering eBay) pushed me to get some of
>the cameras I had only dreamed about in the 70s. This included a
>Leicaflex SL, then a SL2 (which was what I was aiming for) a Leica M3
>and some other accidents along the way.
>Although I am happy to use from time to time a Leica rangefinder, the
>truth is I like tele lenses better, and I feel much more comfortable
>with reflex cameras. So it was only a matter of time before I started
>following this forum.
>
>By the way, it is only fair I publicly thank David Young for this
>list and his website, as well as Doug Herr for his website (which I
>have not visited since the password protection) and his constant
>friendly advice in this and other lists.
>
>I must add I am mainly (if only in terms of number of pictures taken)
>a Contax user. It may be helpful to remember this to understand
>possible bias...
>
>Anyway-- as you probably have found out the 28-70 is not a Leica
>design, but a Sigma design. It looks like Leica disowns this lens
>now: it is not included in Erwin Put's review of R lenses
>(downloadable in pdf format from the Leica website) and Adorama was
>offering it not long ago as a closeout sale (for $900) and is not
>offered anymore. I take this to mean it is not being produced
>anymore. With this in mind, and "Leica standards of quality control"
>notwithstanding, I would think the 28-70 is probably just like a
>Tamron... (which may be very good, by the way. I just mean to say
>that I am not sure there is a reason to prefer the Leica 28-70 to a,
>say, Tamron 28-105 aspherical with an R adapter)
>
>If you are looking second-hand, I would also consider the older
>35-70/3.5. I have found it is really good, except for some flare. The
>35-70/4 is typically (used) twice as expensive. By accident, I ended
>up having both. I have not conducted any formal testing, but both, on
>prints from negatives, looked to my amateurish eyes on par with
>primes used on the same rolls).
>
>If money is no object, get the 28-90mm 2.8-4.5 ASPH.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Juan
>
>
>On Feb 7, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Aram Langhans wrote:
>
> > I am thinking the unforgivable - actually buying a zoom lens. I
> > thought a
> > mid range one would be the place to start since the majority of my
> > shots are
> > with a 35, 50, or the 100 APO.
> > So, I have heard good things about the 35-70 f-4 zoom. I know
> > there is also
> > a 28-70 f-3.5-4.5 zoom, but I can only remember vague not-so-good
> > references
> > to it. I checked out Doug's site and he has no experience or
> > description of
> > the latter. The extra wide range might be a good thing if I ever
> > decided to I
> > get a digital body with a crop factor.
> >
> > So, can anyone give me feedback on these two lenses?
> >
> > Don't worry. I will not be giving up my primes, especially the
> > 100. I just
> > thougth it might lighten my load a bit and speed some travel/
> > tourist type
> > shots with the zoom.
> >
> > Aram
> >
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