Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/02

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Subject: [Leica] LHSA convention cluster bombs Part One The Beginning.
From: lambroving at worldnet.att.net (William G. Lamb, III)
Date: Tue Nov 2 20:29:23 2004

Mark,

I'm hoping you don't lip-read German too well... :-)

>I was surprised when I was pretty sure what I heard and saw (I lip read in
>the best of situations) was APO because ASPH would be to me more obvious.
>It's the ASPH tech which keeps the glass compact which the M needs to use
>the frame lines and that's just where there heads are at from all I can
>tell.

I wouldn't.

>APO I'd take for granted but it wasn't both.
>Ack Ack!

Doubt it. They've been working on this lens for years.

>I'd think that kind of stuff could change anyway.

Sharp is one thing. Brittle is another. I've seen some scenics with the
90 APO ASPH in strong side light which are just awful. I could use a
compact 75/f2 but don't need a "clinical" lens for my M's. Note that
the 50 ASPH is not an APO. I'll keep my fingers crossed since I enjoy
the 75mm perspective a lot.

>I would fully expect it to be at last as sharp as the awesome 90 APO ASPH
>ACRO regardless.

William


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