Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]5: Don't forget the humble but excellent Summarit whose design is essentially identical to that of the non-APO Summicron. Leica has the most complete portfolio of 50mm lenses: 0.95, 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 2.0, 2.5, 2.8, 3.5... On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Frank that is true of course. That really applies to the entire system and > good technique is always a critical component (and my M9 is regularly on a > good tripod). > A little lost in the announcement and subsequent disussion thus far is that > this lens will be an additional high end option (like the new Noctilux) not > a replacement for the current Summicron. That means a range of four 50mm > available (in theory!) > > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 12 May 2012 03:36, FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at btinternet.com> wrote: > > > The potential may well match those specs but will this potential actually > > be realised without a tripod? I would have thought hand held will mean > only > > a part of the full potential will be realised, as usual. > > Frank > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > > > From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> > > >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > >Sent: Friday, 11 May 2012, 18:13 > > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Monochrome > > > > > > > > >On May 10, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Ken Iisaka wrote: > > > > > >> The information contained in a 18M monochromatic image is quite equal > to > > >> that of a 4x5 camera with a high-resolution film / lens or digital > > medium > > >> format cameras. The ability to hand hold a compact camera to capture > > such > > >> an extraordinary level of details is quite appealing, though in > limited > > >> circumstances. > > > > > >?in a nutshell > > > > > >Regards, > > >George Lottermoser > > >george at imagist.com > > >http://www.imagist.com > > >http://www.imagist.com/blog > > >http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Ken Iisaka first name at last name dot org or com