On 14 Jun 2002 at 9:44, Mishka wrote: > as for me, an amateur, the rules are really simple: maximum quality for > minimum money. for truly critical things, M/LF is the answer anyway. so > apart for exotics (600mm tele or 15mm short, tilt/shift, etc), 35mm > (leica included) is really a convenience compromise, so i see very > little point of bashing non-oem glass in favor of "certain" things > untangible. or, spending truckloads of dough on it (btw, K85/1.8 costs > more than Zeiss T*85/1.4 -- go figure!) > > but, feel free to disagree.
I must disagree, my MF gear only whips the 35mm kits' ass in certain applications, namely landscape (I'm not an MF portrait shooter). I'm going to blaspheme here but really unless you've shot a new Leica ASPH Summilux 35f1.4M in marginal light you'll never know what the advantages of Leica are. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
