Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/04

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Subject: Re: M6 basic lenses
From: wilcox@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Ken Wilcox)
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 08:28:18 -0400

You have made excellent choices. Optically and mechanically these are all
wonderful lenses.

kw
>
>I'm thinking of starting out with the ff. lenses. 35/2.0 Summicron, 50/2
>Summicron, and the 90/2.8 Elmarit.
>
>Can anyone tell me if these lenses are as good or comparable to the more
>expensive counterparts like 35/1.4 asp, 50/1.4 summilux and the 90/2.0
>summicron in terms of optical quality and built. I hardly shoot low light
>situations so the extra stop or so won't matter much. What I'm concern is
>the quality @ middle apertures 5.6-8 or 11.

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