Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The best thing going for the pre-ASPH 35/1.4M lens is the size. It is aboslutely tiny. Wide open it does not compare to the SUmmicron of the same vintage. If weight or size is no issue, then the ASPH lens is signifiacantly better, and the ASPH Summicron is a nice alternative to the weight vs max F-stop issue. Of course, using any of these lenses in SLR mode is "difficult"..... Frank > >I hear the M 35mm f1.4 pre-ASPH was a bear (difficult) to make, a bit >dodgy on quality and unit variation, and finally, not so good a lens. >