Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I shot a comparison between an early pre-asph 35mm summicron, CV 35mm Ultron and pre-asph 35mm Summilux. Summilux: very very soft at 1.4, excellent bokeh. Quite flarey also, worse at wide apertures. Has a really nice summilux look. Summicron: Little soft at 2.0, at F8 i cant tell the different between the lux and cron in sharpness. Mine actualy gets some donnut shapes in out of focus high lights. Ultron: Sharper at 1.7 than the lux is at 1.4, more flarey than the lux. At F8 they are all very sharp. The Ultron however gave my slides a blue cast when compared to the Leica lenses, made shots look cold and gloomy compared to the other 2 leice lenses. The bokeh was appauling and really distracted from the shots. The observations are by viewing slides with a 10x loupe. Regards, Paul - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 8:24 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm Summilux-M > Peter - the old summicron was soft at F/2 as compared to the Ultron - a > newer pre-ASPH 35/2 was also the same when shot at F/2 - was fine once you > got to 2.8 or 4 > > ernie > > On 7/30/02 5:38 PM, "Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net> wrote: > > > "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com> wrote: > > > >> Neil - yes, yes. I recently experimented with a 35 Summicron with eyes, > >> Cosina 35/1.7 and my 35 ASPH all shot wide open and what a difference. > >> No comparison to the ASPH which blew the doors off the other two. It > > > > Ernie: Just curious: how did the old 35 Summicron compare to the Cosina > > 35/1.7? > > > > --Peter Klein > > Seattle, WA > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html