Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Will, Thanks for the good words, I will sleep better but in now in great anticipation of that first roll. I heard that they might discontinue this lens as the lens was originally made for the M6J, or so I was told. Steve At 12:11 AM 12/17/97 EST, you wrote: >Hi Folks, > >In a message dated 97-12-16 20:46:49 EST, Steve Hickel wrote about the current >50mm/2.8: > ><< I just got one of these. Nice lens. Can't wait to see the first results. A > little slow for my liking but then the price is under $1000 too. Does > anybody have any positives about this lens (hold the negatives for a while)? >>> > >I have been using one of these for almost two years and love it. Its >performance is exemplary at all apertures. Do not hesitate to use it at f2.8. >Erwin gives a slight technical edge to the Summicron 50, but I much prefer the >look of the photographs from the Elmar. A marvelous lens; combined with an M6 >it makes for a versitile, compact package. > >Will von Dauster > >