Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Summarit 50/1.5
From: Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:54:48 -0700 (PDT)

I was wondering when they would do that.
Also
Did someone say Summitar 1.5???
When did that happen?
Javier

- --- Ken Wilcox <klw.51@comcast.net> wrote:
> The other obvious alternative is the recently
> continued modern LTM 
> Summilux. I think  there are still a few dealer who
> have new ones.
> 
> Ken Wilcox
> 
> At 7:00 AM -0700 4/26/02, Javier Perez wrote:
> >Howdy
> >It's a very old design. I think it was based on a
> >prewar Schneider Xenon. The only other option in
> the
> >Leitz camp if you have a screw mount camera would
> be a
> >screw mount Summilux if you can find one and are
> >willing the ridiculous price. The summarit isn't a
> bad
> >lens but it's prone to flare and gets blown away by
> >both the Summilux and the old Zeiss Sonnar. One
> >alternative might be the
> >Nokton from Voigtlander
> >
> >http://www.cosina.com/nokton50.htm
> >
> >See Ya
> >Javier
> >
> >--- Mark Kronquist <mak@teleport.com> wrote:
> >>  on 4/25/02 5:12 AM, David C. Mason at
> dcm@pobox.com
> >>  wrote:
> >>
> >>  >
> >>  > What can people tell me about the Summarit-M
> >>  50/1.5 - I have a chance
> >>  > to get one cheap but I really don't know much
> >>  about this lens.
> >>  >
> >>  >
> >>  > Cheers,
> >>  >
> >>  > Dave
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> >>  cheap and nasty. Unloved and from my experience
> >>  rightly so. But others might
> >>  have a different view. Buy a CV Nokton thanks 
> Mark
> >>
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