[Leica] The "Undisputed Champion" of the World of 35mm format glass!

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

Well the 100mm APO R lens is no slouch - although it's not an M lens.

ab

On 11/12/05, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> I forgot which came first the brand new cutting edge state of the art pie 
> in
> the sky APO-SUMMICRON-M f/2/75 mm ASPH chicken or the SUMMILUX-M 50 mm 
> f/1.4
> ASPH egg.
>
> In the last decade Leica keeps upping the ante on what would probably be I
> think partly because of faith in Erwin, partly experience and partly
> knowledge of the photo world we live in The "Undisputed Champion" of the
> World of 35mm format glass.
>
> And before that there was the
> The APO-SUMMICRON-M 90 mm f/2 ASPH.
> The SUMMICRON-M 28 mm f/2 ASPH.
> And before and before and before in roughly that order.
>
> I thought a basic rule way before reading Erwin of lens design what that 
> the
> "Normal lens" was the sharpest and easiest to make. Which always had a true
> ring to it for me.
> But you always here of 105's or 100's or other short teles as holding such 
> a
> title.
> I'd think it was not true and that the title would go to a 50.
> So by rights of the laws of nature The "Undisputed Champion" of the World 
> of
> 35mm format glass should belong to the SUMMILUX-M 50 mm f/1.4 ASPH.
> Although the 75 could break even as its a stop slower and not having near
> ultra fast glass problems.
>
> Anyone here have both lenses and what to weigh in? I'm all ears.
> Anyone without both lenses want to gleefully BS to death in a most erudite
> way?
>
> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
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