Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: which R lens from 35 to 50?
From: Francesco Sanfilippo <fls@5senses.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 13:32:50 -0700

That's what I want to know!

At 09:40 PM 8/5/98 +0200, you wrote:
>On 05-08-1998 18:07 Francesco Sanfilippo wrote:
>
>>I thought the 50 Summicron was an excellent lens, but some
>>of you say the 50 Summilux is now a best of breed and that
>>it rivals the Summicron.  My question is.....which lens is better
>>at f/2?
>
>I would like to second this question. Apart from considerations about 
>price and the extra f-stop, which of the two 50mm lenses (Summicron or 
>new Summilux) gives the best "raw performance"? I realize the two lenses 
>cannot be fully compared, but still...
>I am using the Summicron 50 and am very satisfied with it, it is clearly 
>better than my Nikon AI 50/1.8 at larger apertures. Would the new 
>Summilux 50 give me any visible advantage as far as image quality is 
>concerned?
>
>Pascal
>
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