Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It strike me as phantasmagorical baloney that Leica lowered its standards on edge quality to make the compact Leica 35mm f/2 SUMMICRON-M ASPH ideal for the M8 making it less ideal for the M9. By the way the lens is now being sold new for just over four grand $. I don't think Leica has ever made a lens for a crop camera and has stated over and over any lens it ever makes will be fully usable on a film M. I don't t think anything is going to get it to settle for less than excellent edge quality for its M glass going straight out to a 43.3mm image crop circle.... The 28 Summicron is a gem and at the top of my list for my next Leica lens. This lowering of quality thing is a LUG myth which I don't think we're going to find documented elsewise. - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > From: John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:47:45 +1200 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] The world is awash with M9....... > > That is more of an M8 staple rather than the 35mm/50mm of the M9..... > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > I have seen more 28 Summicron for sale in the last month than last 2 years.