On 3 Aug 2005 at 23:51, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I owned Leica gear for many years and it is generally very good > equipment. The Summicron-M 35/2 ASPH is a very good lens, but it has > some OOF rendering problems that the last pre-ASPH 35/2 didn't. I > liked my Ms, the right one does disappear in your hands once you know > its foibles and issues well enough. Frankly, though, my old Nikon FM > disappeared faster, and the Pentax *ist DS disappears even faster > than that. The Leica gear requires more service than it ought to for > equipment that costs that much money too.
Too true, the other day I found that my two M bodies have shutter timing problems after sitting idle for 18 months or so, otherwise they are fine but they'll still need a CLA before I can think of pressing them into service again. From an image making perspective a lot of the top end Pentax lenses hold their own quite well up to a practical point. Beyond that maybe the Leica lenses offer better micro-contrast etc. I've still got my Summicron ASPH 35 and compared to my Pentax 31LTD the differences aren't worth mentioning in practical terms, though it would be nice if the Pentax lens had the Leicas physical dimensions :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
