Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 50mm Summicron Type 2
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:38:28 -0600

At 05:18 PM 11/30/97 -0700, you wrote:

>I know that Leica may be coming out with a ASPH version of the 50mm
>Summicron. Don't sell your old Summicron until you are sure that the new one
>has Bokeh.

Whoa! Hold your horses. How do you know this? I would think it's more
likely they're coming out with a Noctilux ASPH, because someone on
Compuserve at the last Photokina said they were told by someone at Leica
the Noctilux was going to have an optical redo by the next Photokina. (And
they talked about the CL2 as well).


>
>Privately, I think that the lenses made in the M5/SL2 era are among the best
>lenses ever made. I just like their mechanical finish and handling. IMHO,
>images obtained with these lenses may not be as contrasty as the latest, but
>they are smooth and have good out-of-focus characteristics.
>
>By the way, I just came back from photographing trains at Rollins Pass. I
>did not take my Type 2 50mm Summicron, because I was afraid of getting it
>wet. Instead, I took my 2.8 Elmar, a more-modern lens, but one that appears
>to have more contrast and, probably, less Bokeh.
>
>Best of Light,
>
>Chris
> 
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Eric Welch
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