Could Be A Bargain?

[Mike Farley]

£7k for a used lens? Not a typo, but in fact one of the finest and rarest lenses around. It is the Leica Vario-Elmarit-R F2.8 35-70mm ASPH. Leica made it as a demonstration piece to show what could be done, but only ever produced 200. Since then it has beome legendary. According to Erwin Puts, the acknowledged Leica expert, it outresolves the f/2.8 prime R series lenses Leica was making at the time. And those lenses were no slouches.

Thorsten Overgaard writes of his experiences using the lens at this link - http://www.overgaard.dk/leica_35-70_Var ... -R_28.html.

An example is for sale at LCE Guildford and make no mistake, it will sell. Quite quickly I expect. It is popular with videographers who favour fast manual focus lenses and want the highest quality optics. Alternatively, if video is not for you, why not put it on a Sony A7IIR* for the finest digital photography experience going? You will even get change from £10k for the combo.

https://www.lcegroup.co.uk/Used/Leica-V ... -ASPH-(ROM)_167718.html

* No sense in going for anything less, especially not a crop sensor.