Re: [Leica] Summarit/Summilux performance

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Gosh, Dick!
If that old Summarit is just hangin' around causin' you grief, I'd be glad
to take it off your hands!!
I wouldn't want you to be tempted to use any 'substandard' glass!   :o}~

Dan
- - I can please only one person a day. Today is not your day; and tomorrow
doesn't look too good either!

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Richard E. Baznik <reb10@po.cwru.edu>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Summarit/Summilux performance


> Robert:
>
> That would be a very sweet part of the year indeed.
>
> My experience is with the Summarit (used with a IIf since the 1960s, and
> occasionally since 1993 with an adaptor for M3 and M6) and the 35 Summilix
> non-ASPH (used for the past six years).
>
> The Lux is a superior lens in most ways, I think: sharper, better
contrast,
> and lighter. My only problem with it is its vulnerability to flare, made
> more of a problem because it is difficult to find lens shades for some
> versions. Do everything you can to locate a shade. There is an interesting
> article on the 35 Summilux by Dick Gilcreast at the LHSA "Viewfinder" site
> <http://www.pond.com/~lhsa/articles/summilux.html>.
>
> The Summarit was a revelation in the 1960s, but I hardly ever use it now
> unless I want really soft images. It's also a much better lens with a
> shade, and what a lovely shade it is -- rectangular black metal, vented.
>
> Bon chance!///Dick Baznik
> ___________
>
> At 09:04 PM 6/13/99 -0400, Robert wrote:
> >Bonsoir,
> >
> >  In a couple of weeks I ll probably be in the very sweet period of the
year
> >when I will be able to afford another M lens (new or used? we ll see).  I
do
> >a fair amount of shooting in low light and my budget only allowed me the
use
> >of a Summarit (SM with adapter) on my M5.  I am thinking of either the 50
or
> >35 Summilux (non ASPH).  Anyone knows first hand the performance of these
2
> >lenses wide open (1.4 & 2) in comparison to the Summarit?
> >
>
>
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