Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/19

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Subject: [Leica] Leica announces Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 01:38:53 -0400

I have a 35mm f3.5 Summaron which I got for my IIIF in January 2007. I ended
up using it way more often than the 50mm f3.5 Elmar collapsible which I got
with the camera. My 90mm f4 Elmar completes my LTM system.



On 10/19/16 1:58 PM, "Jim Shulman" <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote:

> Suddenly it's 1955.  That was the speed of their "replacement" Summaron
> (the one that replaced the f6.3 model!)  Meanwhile, Nikon and Canon were
> making 3.5 28s in LTM (with Canon going one better, with a 2.8)  It was a
> strangely obsolete max aperture then, and certainly now.
> 
> Go figure....
> Jim
> 
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Mark William Rabiner
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Leica announces Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6)
In reply to: Message from jshulman at judgecrater.com (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] Leica announces Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6)