Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is only one version of the 90mm APO asph john ________________________________________ Anyways I do have the lens. It cost me a bundle. And is it a reason for me to try to get a new M? They upgraded the lens I think and are calling it something else. On 3/12/14 4:57 AM, "Marty Deveney" <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > Focus shift is a property of lenses, not cameras. The 90 AA > has little focus shift but when using the rf the cam on many > lenses does not follow the focus properly. Lenses that focus accurately at > infinity can be off at 10m and then on again at 3m all at the same > aperture. Henning described it here: > http://leica-users.org/v49/msg10637.html. I mistook it for focus shift when > I first got my M8. > > Marty > > > On Wednesday, 12 March 2014, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> Are the older LEICA APO-Summicron-M 90mm f/2 ASPH - still focus shifting >> on >> the latest Leica M's? >> >> >> On 3/11/14 10:47 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at >> gmail.com<javascript:;>> >> wrote: >> >>> The new 35 is designed to reduce the focus shift inherent in the older >>> design. I do like it a lot. The 50 Summilux of course predates the M (Typ >>> 240) considerably. Both work really well on my camera. Focus system in >> the >>> new camera is refined further too.. Personally I wouldn't replace the >>> Elmarit M 90 with the Summarit. It is a great performer already. >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> Geoff >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>> >>> On 12 March 2014 12:43, Jim Laurel (gmail) >>> <jplaurel at gmail.com<javascript:;>> >> wrote: >>> >>>> It's almost as if Leica has upped their quality control game now that >> the >>>> M240 sensor is so demanding and there are so many pixel peepers. >>>> >>>> The only thing I don't really like about the new Summarit 90 is the lens >>>> hood, which is an extra expense, but even more problematic is that it >> is a >>>> screw-on instead of the handy slide-out one that came on the Elmarit 90. >>>> >>>> --Jim >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 11, 2014, at 7:43 PM, John McMaster >>>> <john at mcmaster.co.nz<javascript:;>> >> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I would say different, I tend to have old and new in my most used >> lenses >>>> for different looks... >>>>> >>>>> john >>>>> ________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> I went to the trouble of having my old Leica lenses coded, but have >> also >>>> picked up a few new ones, including the floating element 35mm Summilux >>>> ASPH, the 50mm Summilux ASPH and, most recently, the 18mm Super Elmar. I >>>> think I'm going to sell all my old ones from the 80s and 90s. These >> three >>>> latest issues on the M240 are just fantastic. For some reason, I'm just >>>> missing focus less often with the 35 and 50 than my old 35 Summilux ASPH >>>> and Summicron 50. >>>>> >>>>> The only one I'm thinking of replacing next is the 90mm Elmarit with >> the >>>> new 90mm Summarit. But the Elmarit has served me so well for almost 20 >>>> years that I wonder what more the Summarit might have to offer. >>>>> >>>>> --Jim >>>>>