Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/08
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Charles Dunlap wrote about the Summicron 50/f2 appearing in the current
Leica catalog...
> The lens that I had been used to had a removable lens hood (a bit of a pain
> really) and a finger rest underneath to assist in focussing. The current
> version (as I confirmed by calling Leica this morning) replaces the finger
> rest with a standard knurled ring and adds a built-in, retractable lens
> hood.
I'm interested in this aspect also. Does any version
of the 50mm/f2 have this finger rest? (I presume that
Charles is talking about the handy finger tab like
that on my Summilux 35/f1.4). I've gotten used to it
and love it.
Does any version of the Summilux 50/f1.4 have this feature?
Thanks.
-- Wolfgang
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Wolfgang Sachse Cornell University
sachse@msc.cornell.edu http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~sachse
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