New Lens from Leica: One of these statements is true. Leica is introducing a 90-280mm lens. Leica's new lens will be affordable for just about anybody.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

One of these statements is true.

Leica is introducing a 90-280mm lens.

Leica's new lens will be affordable for just about anybody.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1921711516/leica-announces-price-and-availability-of-90-280mm-f2-8-4-zoom-for-sl-camera

ken_stern Loc: Yorba Linda, Ca

The Leica APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90-280mm F2.8-4 is set to cost £4650/$6395 ---- Wow -- What a deal --- All that plus manual focus --- I'll keep the day job & the canon lenses

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

I think I did not read carefully. You are so right.

Leica is introducing a 90-280mm lens.

Leica's new lens will be affordable for just about anybody.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1921711516/leica-announces-price-and-availability-of-90-280mm-f2-8-4-zoom-for-sl-camera[/quote]

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

jerryc41 wrote:

One of these statements is true.

Leica is introducing a 90-280mm lens.

Leica's new lens will be affordable for just about anybody.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1921711516/leica-announces-price-and-availability-of-90-280mm-f2-8-4-zoom-for-sl-camera

The optics Leica designs and that Panasonic builds for Micro Four-Thirds are much better values, and take phenomenal photos. Daniel J. Cox, another 'Hogger, has been playing with their new 100-400mm f/4-f/6.3 zoom, which is going to be the best super-zoom for m43.

http://naturalexposures.com/corkboard/

Leica makes a spectacular set of primes for m43 15mm f/1.7, 25mm f/1.4, 42.5mm f/1.2, and 45mm f/2.8 macro. These are 30, 50, 85, and 90mm FOV equivalents...

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

As the sole Leica owner here..I'll go ahead and say what my contract with Leica requires me to say at this point:

If you think it's too costly...you just don't get it....

:)

mtbear

With a name like Leica you can't afford to be cheap.

danieljcox Loc: Bozeman, Montana

burkphoto wrote:

The optics Leica designs and that Panasonic builds for Micro Four-Thirds are much better values, and take phenomenal photos. Daniel J. Cox, another 'Hogger, has been playing with their new 100-400mm f/4-f/6.3 zoom, which is going to be the best super-zoom for m43.

http://naturalexposures.com/corkboard/

Leica makes a spectacular set of primes for m43 15mm f/1.7, 25mm f/1.4, 42.5mm f/1.2, and 45mm f/2.8 macro. These are 30, 50, 85, and 90mm FOV equivalents...

Agree with your comment about Panasonic having better value. For those interested here is a link to lots of posts on MFT and particularly about LUMIX cameras. http://naturalexposures.com/?s=LUMIX