Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/13

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Subject: Re: Summarit BAS Test: not bad
From: "Lucien_vD@compuserve.com" <Lucien_vD@compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 04:12:49 -0400

aglang wrote:

>Which Nikkors does this refer, RF or SLR, wha\ich are almost certainly
different =

>designs!

Nikkor and Canon lenses are SLR lenses of the period of the test.

>On Sat, 11 Oct 1997, Lucien_vD <Lucien_vD@compuserve.com> wrote:
>
>I just find in a Foto Magazin Extra (January 90) the result of both the
>tests of the Summarit and the Summilux 50/1,4 (test date 4/89) (BAS test=
s)
>
>Leitz Summarit 1,5/50 mm(alt) : Optik 8,4 / Mechanik 9,6
>Leica Summilux-M 1,4/50 mm    : Optik 9,2 / Mechanik 9,6
>
>By comparaison
>
>Nikkor 1,8/50 mm  : Optik 8,5 / Mechanik 9
>(test date 5/86)
>Nikkor 1,4/50 mm  : Optik 9,8 / Mechanik 9
>(test date 5/88)
>Canon FD 1,4/50 mm: Optik   7 / Mechanik 8
>(test date 11/85)
>Canon EF 1,8/50 mm: Optik   9 / Mechanik 9,4
>(test date 10/87)
>
>Not bad for such an old lens.
>But did they really check the flare in those tests ??
>
>Lucien
>BELGIUM
>