Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And then there those who don?t care about charts and just take pictures :-) Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA On 27 Oct 2014, at 01:03, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > I think that they admitted that the 35mm f2.5 had an aspheric element but > did not publicise it. They seem tardy with MTFs currently, there is not > one for the 100mm S APO yet either. > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > > Thanks, that's a good set of data sheets. > > My reading of the various postings regarding the new Summarits suggests > that the 35mm might actually have a new formula, with an aspherical > element added, but we'll see. > > On another forum someone had asked about the 75 2.5 I use with the Sony > a7r. I had a copy of the old PDF that I posted for him, but I could not > find the official ones where I thought they used to be. > > I wonder how Leica evaluates its sales into the non-Leica camera base. > The WATE and everything above 50 mm is better than anything else on the > Sony (unless perhaps one has a porter to carry around the new huge Zeiss > top end). > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Henning Wulff <hjwulff at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Forgot to mention: the 'new' f/2.4 Summarits are rumoured to be the >> same optically as the f/2.5's, but in new mounts. I haven't been able >> to verify that, but it makes sense as the 2 Summarits I tried were a >> bit fast for f/2.5's. >> >> Henning >> >> >> On 2014-10-26, at 11:31 AM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> That appears to be old downloads. There is a new line or Summarits >>> - >> f/2.4 >>> - such as this one: >>> >>> >> http://en.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-M/M-Lenses/Summarit-M-75m >> m-f-2.4 >>> >>> I'm curious what they've done, like design wise, and whether they >>> have published new MTFs. >>> >>> Paul >>> www.PaulRoark.com >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Mark Rabiner >>> <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >> http://leica-camera.pl/wp-content/downloads/Summarit-M_35_mm_Technical >> _Data_ >>>> en.pdf >>>> >>>> http://leica-camera.pl/wp-content/downloads/ >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/26/14 12:25 PM, "Paul Roark" <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is there any source of the MTFs for the new Summarits? Leica >>>>> seems to >>>> have >>>>> changed its web pages and eliminated the PDFs I usually found there. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Paul >>>>> www.PaulRoark.com >>>>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >