Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/26

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Subject: [Leica] Another 75mm-Summilux-on-M8 example
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:41:34 -0400

Yes and the need for speed I think is overplayed.
I think its the need for high end marketing insanity.
Again I'm almost always a fan of compact, lightweight, less money slow
glass.
Where you get more for your money.


Mark William Rabiner



> From: Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:30:58 -0400
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Another 75mm-Summilux-on-M8 example
> 
> 2009-03-26-16:03:58 Mark Rabiner:
>> I was for some reason not absorbing the fact that this was the old 75. The
>> Summilux. But thinking it was the new 75, the Summicron.
> 
> Or maybe I confused you by following up in the Summilux thread talking
> again about the Summilux (where my contribution was the ISO-1250
> handheld Summilux picture of Trent the DJ), after there'd been some chat
> about the new Summicron (with that insanely detailed beer-eyelash-lady
> picture from Hoppy).
> 
> Summi-this, summi-that.
> 
>> I'm normally assuming the latest from Leica is going to be the best.
> 
> And I think that's basically true in this case.  Except the latest and
> best (up to f/2, where the dial stops moving) isn't the fastest.
> 
>  -Jeff
> 
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