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Subject: [Leica] Which Leica R tele-zoom?
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 21:14:17 +0100
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Sounds sound to me - the lens is a good one from what I've seen.
Ph

Le 4 nov. 12 ? 21:12, Phil Forrest a ?crit :

> I'll stick with my current 80-200 f/2.8 AFD.
>
> Phil Forrest
>
>
>
> On Sun, 4 Nov 2012 14:07:51 -0600 (CST)
> grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
>
>> They (Nikon) just introduced a 70 - 200 f4 which is priced at $1399.
>> I would think you could find the 80 - 200 R lens for far less than
>> $1600.
>>
>> Gene
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2012 12:42:54 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada
>> Central Subject: Re: [Leica] Which Leica R tele-zoom?
>>
>> All things are relative....
>>
>> Expensive = $5K
>> Economical = $1.6K
>>
>> Isn't there some Nikon lenses in the range at the same or lesser  
>> price
>> points?  And they would offer automatic aperture operation as  
>> well....
>>
>> And if you have an AF camera, that too.....
>>
>> It is nice to have Leica optics, but hardly a requirement....
>>
>> Frank Filippone, repenting after his blasphemous comments......
>> Red735i at verizon.net
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>> Vick Ko
>> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2012 8:47 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Which Leica R tele-zoom?
>>
>> The best zooms in the R line in that range are the 70-180 f2.8 Vario
>> APO Elmarit and 80-200 f4 Vario-Elmar lenses.
>>
>> The 70-180 is expensive but stellar
>>
>> The 80-200 is economical and stellar.
>>
>> Vick
>>
>>
>> On 11/3/2012 10:54 PM, Phil Forrest wrote:
>>> I see there are two Leica R versions of the tele-zoom in the 70-200
>>> range. One is a 70-210 f/4 the other is 75-200 f/4.5. What is the
>>> difference between the two besides the obvious technical ones? Are
>>> they good performers? I notice that these are quite inexpensive
>>> these
>> days.
>>>
>>> Finally, would one of these perform better than the Nikkor 80-200
>>> f/2.8 AFD?
>>>
>>> My thought is for use on a D2X. The Nikon lens offers outstanding
>>> performance and full metering function in all modes with the D2x.
>>> It's a stop faster as well.
>>>
>>> The Leica lens is a fully manual lens (I love manual focus, by the
>>> way so that's not a deterrent) and might have better optics but
>>> would limit me to stop down metering.
>>>
>>> I'm curious about your thoughts.
>>> Thanks all!
>>>
>>> Phil Forrest
>>>
>>
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