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Re: [OM] Leica, Contax, etc

Subject: Re: [OM] Leica, Contax, etc
From: Matthias Wilke <Matthias.K.Wilke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 17:08:36 +0200
Hi, Ulf

you wrote,

>I don't have any personal experiences from either Leica or Zeiss/Contax and
>I certainly don't wanna start a war here, but when scanning through all
>tests made here in Sweden by magazine FOTO the Leica's almost always have
>come on top, something that rarely can be said for the Zeiss's. In fact, for
>certain lenses (300/4), results have been downright disappointing. Although
>fitted with the heftiest of price-tags (almost twice as expensive as Nikon's
>300/4 AF) it was the among the worst of the lot, even the Sigma's and
>Tokinas fared better.
>
>These tests also show that Nikon indeed have some dogs, and that the best
>lens maker today by far seems to be  Canon, especially BIG (200m and up)
>lenses (although often cheaper than Nikon). The 200/1.8 and 300/2.8 crushes
>all competition, except from Leica.

Is this magazine original Swedish or does it contain translations from one
of the two German papers ColorFoto or Fotomagazin ?

Matthias



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