Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, I'm planning to buy one or other of these, preferably a 50mm chrome Summilux post s/n 1844001, for my M3. I've had various comments which claim that the optical quality is noticeably inferior even at small print sizes to the equivalent Summicrons, and that mechanically they are also poorer because of soft aluminium (aluminum) used in the gears and cogs and things, but others which claim that the 'luxes are, if anything, better optically than the 'crons (of course they are at 1.4). Is there a resource which compares the different 50s in their different incarnations, giving the pros and cons of each one? Thanks, Bob ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com