Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Use just a 50mm, are you nuts???????
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 22:48:37 -0500

At 07:42 PM 4/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Tom Shea asked if I was thinking of the aspherical lens... well, to be
>honest, I hadn't asked the guys at B&H if it was asph.  I just saw the
>price in the catalog and was snooping around, trying to figure out if
>that's what I ought to get.
>
>Would it be worth it to get the non-aspherical version if that's what it
>is?

No, don't get the previous version. It's a very old formula, and the new
one is so much better - wide open - that I think it's worth the difference
in price.

If you decide to get a non-aspheric version, consider the Summicron rather
than the Summilux. The Summicron focuses closer, and wide open, it's better
than the Summilux at f/2. With the newest ASPH versions (both Summicron and
Summilux) the min. focusing distance is no longer an issue.
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's intolerance.