Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/23
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Tom Kline Wrote:
Very fast wide-angles are quite susceptable and may be a reason
>why 35mm is the shortest 1.4 available for Leicas. However I wish they
>would come out with a 24 1.4 M lens anyway. C has just released a new 24
>1.4 and N has 28 1.4 already.
>Tom
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I want to 2nd Tom's suggestion. Over the years we've seen one after the
other improved 28mm lenses, but all 2.8. The particular domain that M
cameras excel is in low light use. I switch to SLRs for wider faster
lenses, the f 2 24mm and f 2 28mm and use them wide open a lot. Sure, the
faster lenses arn't going to be quite as good as slower lenses - but if
Leica could make a good 35mm 1.4 in 1960, they could make an f 2 or faster
28mm now.
Jim
James H. Barker (Jim) - jbarker@polarnet.com
High Latitude Documentary / Ethnographic Photography
Fairbanks, Alaska