Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re : Summicron 50
From: Doug Herr <telyt560@cswebmail.com>
Date: 29 Jun 2000 04:58:57 -0700

On Thu, 29 June 2000, "Christian Louis" wrote:

> 
> Pitak wrote :
> 
> > Leica just released the new 50mm f/1.4 Summilux-R within a year or two ago.
> > It does not have an aspheric element in it. I doubt if the 50mm f/2.0
> Summicron-M
> > will get an aspheric element in the near future.
> 
> Sorry, but the last version of the 50 summilux dates from 1995. And this is
> only a cosmetic change ( build-in lenshood ). The optical formula dates from
> 1961 !
> 
> The optical formula of the present summicron dates from 1980. cosmetically,
> it was changed in 1994 (build-in lenshood, suppression of the lateral
> hand-lever)
> 
> C. Louis

Christian,

Pitak was commenting on the Summilux-R, not the Summilux-M.

Doug Herr
Sacramento
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