Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/03
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I think he used it for its speed and performance. I don't believe there was
comparable Leica lens, in terms of fast aperture, on the market at that
time.
Peter K
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From: Andre Jean Quintal [mailto:megamax@abacom.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 4:23 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] LEICA VS Zeiss Sonnar
At 11:55 -0800 02/03/99, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>This is the second I've heard about this HCB and Zeiss Sonnar. I would
>love to know more about this.
>Mark Rabiner
Come on, photo historians: wet our appetite !
A Sonnar, at the time, certainly had that
"je ne sais quoi" that bespoke of a commitment
to total excellence, probably years ahead of anything non German.
YET: what were the LEICA offerings like, in HCB's lifetime,
compared to the Carl Zeiss designs then available,
certainly not lemons ("dogs"?), by any standard.
The Summicron 50mm would then have been available, no?
I wonder why it would have been "not enough" for HCB ?
Or was it considered "chic" to "mix and match" ?
I'm not all that LEICA literate and sure would appreciate
anything you'd care to tell.
AJQ
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