Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Could the Zeiss optic have also been better in terms of optical quallity? At that time Zeiss was years ahead of others in terms of optical development and quality control. Perhaps that helped make the 50mm F1.5 Sonnar a desirable lens. Peter K - -----Original Message----- From: Eric Welch [mailto:ewelch@ponyexpress.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 5:36 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] LEICA VS Zeiss Sonnar At 07:23 AM 3/3/99 -0500, you wrote: >The Summicron 50mm would then have been available, no? > I wonder why it would have been "not enough" for HCB ? Back then, films were slower, so almost a stop faster is going to be useful for the average street photographer. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Canadian DOS prompt: EH