[LRflex] Was "promotions", now Vario Elmars.
- From: "David Young" <telyt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 07:08:04 -0700
Robert O. SHAW wrote:
>By the way. I finally decied on a nice clean (all black) R8 and a nice R
>70-180 APO to round out the kit (R9 w/ R Elmarit 28-90 and Metz 54). I
>sacrificed 20mm of focal length for the siren song of APO glass. Took a
>couple of frmes with the 80-200 and found it to be really, reall sharp.
>It was NOT an easy call.
G'Mornin' Bob!
I'm sure it wasn't! The 80~200/f4 Vario has got to be the great 'sleeper'=
in Leica's linup. I was amazed to find it sharper than my 180mm f4 Elmar!=
Zooms are not supposed to be beter than primes!
Erwin states that the f4 was a direct developement from the basic design of=
the 70~180 APO Vario, which may explain it.
The 70~180 is, I believe, absolutely the best zoom one can buy - in any=
make. It's advantage, besides quality, is speed. It's downfall is size=
(speed again!) and cost. Certainly, I don't think you can go wrong with=
it! :-)
How do you find it, to hand-hold?
And when will you post some results from it! I, for one, am very curious!
Cheers!
David Young,
Logan Lake, BC
CANADA.
Personal Web-site at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt
Leica Reflex Forum web-page: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm
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