Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/11

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Subject: [Leica] Is it just me, or are these new Leica lenses a huge step up?
From: jplaurel at gmail.com (Jim Laurel (gmail))
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:43:35 -0700
References: <C24277CD-BAAC-4A33-B43D-94894C4F35F6@gmail.com> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E9E691D67E@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org>

It's almost as if Leica has upped their quality control game now that the 
M240 sensor is so demanding and there are so many pixel peepers.

The only thing I don't really like about the new Summarit 90 is the lens 
hood, which is an extra expense, but even more problematic is that it is a 
screw-on instead of the handy slide-out one that came on the Elmarit 90.

--Jim


On Mar 11, 2014, at 7:43 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:

> I would say different, I tend to have old and new in my most used lenses 
> for different looks...
> 
> john
> ________________________________________
> 
> I went to the trouble of having my old Leica lenses coded, but have also 
> picked up a few new ones, including the floating element 35mm Summilux 
> ASPH, the 50mm Summilux ASPH and, most recently, the 18mm Super Elmar. I 
> think I'm going to sell all my old ones from the 80s and 90s. These three 
> latest issues on the M240 are just fantastic. For some reason, I'm just 
> missing focus less often with the 35 and 50 than my old 35 Summilux ASPH 
> and Summicron 50.
> 
> The only one I'm thinking of replacing next is the 90mm Elmarit with the 
> new 90mm Summarit. But the Elmarit has served me so well for almost 20 
> years that I wonder what more the Summarit might have to offer.
> 
> --Jim
> 
> 
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