LEICA VARIO-APO-ELMARIT-R 70-180mm Lens f/2.8

LEICA Zoom 70-180 T2.8 is a good example of the advances made by optical engineers in Germany. Just a short time earlier it had been declared that zoom lenses would never get close to the picture quality produced by fixed focal lengths; then, along came the LEICA Zoom 70-180 with convincing contrast and sharpness values across the whole image range – and even at maximum aperture. Thirteen lenses made out of twelve different types of glass and ordered in ten groups, were necessary to produce the outstanding performance. Weighing nearly two kilos, it also proved that quality has a weighty price. While it was possible to photograph by hand with theLEICA Zoom 70-180, a tripod was necessary to produce the best results. Produced between 1995 and 2008, the LEICA Zoom 70-180 was one of the most important and prestigious lenses coming out of the Solms manufacturing plant at the time, and redefined the standards set for zoom lenses.