Perfect build quality. Excellent mechanics. Sharp to the edges, no vignetting. Excellent color and detail repro.

E60 filter size. The B+W circ-pol. MRC cost about $105, and B+W is constructing a 81C(KR3) thin MRC for $105 too. I shot for a month w/o the c-pol, so don't count on finding that size quickly!

After much debate, I finally completed my R kit. This lens gives me the flexibility I need when I travel. I would prefer to shoot everything with Leica primes, but the added sharpness and contrast is always beat by a single zoom lens's range and convenience. Completely worth every pfenning (penny!), but the lens attracts too much attention. I've had to apply 'black tape'(?) over the red Leica point and this allows me to shoot and carry the kit with a bit more security.

Customer Service

Excellent by German standards, but my British friends cannot find a technical english speaker!

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Leica 28-70, Nikon F100 w/ Sigma 2,8:0 28-70, 17-35mm Sigma

Easy to use, very good performance

Two long, The filter size is not popular.

It's a good zoom lens for a amerture.

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Leica M

Replaces the weight and bulk of several fixed focal length lenses with no quality penality.

Would prefer a common filter to the 60mm size required.

The Pentax lens was much lighter. At about 2 lbs., you begin to feel the weight of the Leitz lens early. Optically, the Leica lens is superior. It doesn't have a "macro" function, but does focus to 1.1m. That's plenty close for most work. If you need to get closer, you should be using a true macro lens anyway. I'm ready to sell some of my fixed focal length lens now.

Customer Service

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70~210mm f/4 Pentax A