Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] my M lens and b+w film test
From: Mark Newport <newport_m@utpb.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:20:26 -0500

Christer wrote in part:
>I made a range of tests using his ASPH lenses and his general suggestions.
>
>35 mm: fully open my current non-ASPH Summicron 1:2 is quite unsharp, but
>the Summilux 1:1.4 is also unsharp when fully open, but --much-- less so.
>With both lenses at 2.0, you can really see the difference between the two
>lenses, but if you close down a few stops, there is little difference.

Hello Christer,

Was this your non-asph Summicron/2 vs. your friends 35/1.4 asph?  I just
wondered because I had heard the 35/1.4 asph was very sharp wide open.

Thanks,

Mark

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