[Leica] Summilux vs Summicron

[jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)]

A week or so ago I posted a number of links to Summilux 50 photos and 
discussions. So have a look in the archives.

John Collier

On Nov 8, 2004, at 3:54 PM, Luis Ripoll wrote:

> As I?ve said sometimes I?m not interested on the Summilux because it 
> has one
> stop more than Summicron, the only point I?m interested is of this
> ?personality?. I?ve read that at F2 Summicron is better, that at 5,6 
> are
> similar. But nobody has already talk me about the mentioned 
> ?personality? ,
> or fingerprint. In other words, colours and or black and white 
> gradation,
> subtlety, differences in capability to isolate the main subject?, 
> these are
> the important points for me, and I?m not discussing for the 
> perfection, I?m
> discussing about the impression that this lens could give.
>
> I ask this question because I have a reasonable offer for a Summilux 50
> (E46), and I don?t know if it paid?s invest ?., or burn the money on 
> it.