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Subject: Re: [Leica] FS: 35mm Summicron ASPH and IIIf with Summitar
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:59:56 -0700

Perhaps Mark thinks the referenced 35mm Summilux is the pre-asph version
which might* not be considered an upgrade over the 35mm summicron-asph.

John Collier

*one does not like to make definitive qualitative statements about anything
Leica and stir up a nest mad Leica-using hornets.

> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> 
> It is an upgrade indeed: No loss in image quality and the gain of a full
> stop. In my book, that's an upgrade - not to say that if you don't need the
> extra stop, there's no upgrading the Summicron ASPH. :-)
> B. D.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark
> Rabiner
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 4:48 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] FS: 35mm Summicron ASPH and IIIf with Summitar
> 
> 
> Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> 
>> Friends,
>> 
>> I have an opportunity to upgrade my 35mm M lens to a Summilux at a
>> reasonable price, and to fund it, I am selling the following items:
>> 
>> 1)  35mm Summicron-M ASPH (latest version, serial no. 3785xxx). Bought
>> <Snip>
> 
> Is moving to the Summilux from the  35mm Summicron-M ASPH an upgrade?
> I'm not sure that's necessarily so.
> Mark Rabiner
>