Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/08

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Subject: [Leica] Advice needed on 35mm lens for Leica M
From: smcj35 at yahoo.com (Colin Yastrzebski)
Date: Tue Mar 8 15:54:19 2005
 
I need some help to choose a used 35mm lens for
my M outfit to replace a Summicron I lent to a
friend and never got back (my friend bought it
from me).  I am using a 40mm Summicron-C as a
temporary replacement.

I could just replace the 35mm Summicron with
another, however I wondered about the pre-ASPH
Summilux and also the ASPH Summicron, which now
seems to be coming on to the used market in
larger numbers.

I would like my "new" lens to have the smooth
bokeh of the Summicron.  Does the ASPH share the
"look" or the non-ASPH Summicron?

Does the Summilux (pre-ASPH) also have smooth
bokeh?  Does sharpness suffer because of the
f/1.4 maximum aperture?

Questions ... questions ... but they are best
asked before I buy!

Thanks.

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