beemaro Posted July 4, 2008 Share #1 Â Posted July 4, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi guys, Â Need to get your opinion on this lens. Have come across reports in other site such as photo.net with not so good feedback on this lens. Â I am now using a 50mm Summicron f2 with Canon 10D and thinking to add this to my collection. Â There is one very mint unit asking for abt U$600 negotiable. Â Appreciate your opinion. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 4, 2008 Posted July 4, 2008 Hi beemaro, Take a look here 28-70mm Leica Vario Elmar f3.5. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
earleygallery Posted July 4, 2008 Share #2 Â Posted July 4, 2008 Zooms - even Leica ones - are rarely as good as a prime lens but of course they offer convenience. Â The 28-70 does seem to be the poor relation in the family. It was actually made by Sigma (pretty certain it was Sigma and not Minolta). BUT people who own and use it seem to like it and on your Canon you won't be using it to full frame so you should be very pleased with it. Â I'm sure some actual users will add their comments and maybe photos for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beemaro Posted July 4, 2008 Author Share #3 Â Posted July 4, 2008 Noted and thanks James. Â Yes I read it was Sigma, only reason looking at it because condition is like new. Â There is another Elmarit 19mm f2.8 first generation (nearly 30 years lens) but looks like new asking for U$2,100 in Spore. Amazing how new it looked from photos thru the net. Â I have been bitten by the Leica bug after using Nikkor lens for many years. The Leica just blew the Nikkors away (but not sure how top end Nikkor lens faired against leica) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruiespanhol Posted July 4, 2008 Share #4 Â Posted July 4, 2008 I use this zoom lenses whit great results. The lenses are very sharper and gives good contrast and resolution. Avaoid to use this lenses for architectural Photos because they have many distortion. However if you use this lense behind 35mm/60mm the lenses is near distortion free. The last version is made my Kyocera under permission of Sigma. The design of barrel and inside mechanics are completly redesing by Leica and some details of optics are change too. One good lenses who are to much underratted in my opinion. Â Best, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topoxforddoc Posted July 4, 2008 Share #5 Â Posted July 4, 2008 I had one with my old R9/DMR (until they were stolen). It was fine - nothing stellar, but perfectly competent. Barrel distortion is an issue at 28mm. I now have 28-90 as a replacement, now that's a great zoom lens. Â Charlie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivar B Posted July 4, 2008 Share #6  Posted July 4, 2008 Hi guys,  Need to get your opinion on this lens. Have come across reports in other site such as photo.net with not so good feedback on this lens.  I am now using a 50mm Summicron f2 with Canon 10D and thinking to add this to my collection.  There is one very mint unit asking for abt U$600 negotiable.  Appreciate your opinion. Thanks  Don`t buy it. It is a Sigma lens of so so quality and 600$ is way too high. Check eBay and you will see that even the 2nd version sells for half that. If you want a short zoom, the 4/35-70 is an infinately better lens (made in Japan by Kyocera) but quality is on par if not better than the 2/50 and prices are very low also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 5, 2008 Share #7 Â Posted July 5, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have no idea how good the price is, but I can attest to the quality of the results with the lens. Even though Sigma made it, they made it based on Leica designs and Leica specs. The only problem with it I ever noticed was some barrel distortion in architectural situations. I also noted nearly identical distortion in the 28-90. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beemaro Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share #8  Posted July 5, 2008 Thanks guys. I think the seller can let go at abt u$450 level. Price seemed high because its like new. Cond is very good. Seller always say its abt U$1200-1300 when new.  Meanwhile, appreciate more inputs pls  cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beemaro Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share #9 Â Posted July 5, 2008 I have no idea how good the price is, but I can attest to the quality of the results with the lens. Even though Sigma made it, they made it based on Leica designs and Leica specs. The only problem with it I ever noticed was some barrel distortion in architectural situations. I also noted nearly identical distortion in the 28-90. Â Stuart, Â I saw ur website, very very nice. Your travels have been well logged and you nearly finished the entire globe. Â Cheers Lee Jakarta/Kuala Lumpur Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelR-UK Posted September 19, 2008 Share #10 Â Posted September 19, 2008 I have one of these and it seems fine optically but what annoys me is the built in lens hood. It's such a loose fit. It will not stay collapsed or stay extended without flopping about at an angle. I'd appreciate a solution to this if anybody has one. Â Rachel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandokan Posted September 19, 2008 Share #11  Posted September 19, 2008 I had this lens with a R9. I had trouble focusing mine and found the screen quite dark (as much to do with R9 as the lens). The build quality was typical Leica and far better than most Japanese lenses. I traded it in for a 50/2 and 35/1.4. I later traded in the 50/2 for a 60/2.8. I love the 35 and the 60. The 50 was better than the zoom ... I would not go back to using that lens again, but then it may just be that I had a bad one. I think Canon do have some zoom lenses in this range that would be better than Leica zoom.  Yours  Ravi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michiel Fokkema Posted September 20, 2008 Share #12 Â Posted September 20, 2008 I had this lens for a few weeks and sold it. Low contrast, loads of distortion and not very sharp. It was just not up to Leica quality. I bought a 35-70/4.0 and that is Leica quality. i might had have a bad example. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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