Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And both gone the way of the Tasmanian Tiger. Not sure why the Summicron left the catalog but the summilux they had to redo and up the price 50% so it would be fully compatible with shooting to a sensor. I'm pretty sure is how the story goes. - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > From: Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:43:03 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] The world is awash with M9....... > > Sorry, I got confused. I was talking about the f/1.4 ASPH; Mark was > talking > about the f/2 (I think). They're both fantastic. > > Dante > > On Apr 15, 2012, at 10:04 PM, John McMaster wrote: > >> Probably easy enough to test and find the answer either way. If you have >> never seen anything better (and I am not saying that the 35 Summilux asph >> necessarily is) then there is nothing to compare to. I have owned >> Canon/Nikon/Olympus/Hasselblad/Contax as well as using most makes and was >> happy with the results. Then I bought a Leica.... >> >> john >> ________________________________________ >> >> I am partial to the 35 Summicron ASPH Elmarit as I own and have used it >> extensively wondering as I wonder really how anything could be better. If >> spending another grand and getting another stop gives you a better result >> than fine I do believe it but would also love to see it. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information