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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 20:10:01 -0700
References: <CF45450B.19965%mark@rabinergroup.com>

YES.


On Mar 11, 2014, at 7:56 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> Are the older LEICA APO-Summicron-M 90mm f/2 ASPH - still focus shifting on
> the latest Leica M's?
> 
> 
> On 3/11/14 10:47 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> The new 35 is designed to reduce the focus shift inherent in the older
>> design. I do like it a lot. The 50 Summilux of course predates the M (Typ
>> 240) considerably. Both work really well on my camera. Focus system in the
>> new camera is refined further too.. Personally I wouldn't replace the
>> Elmarit M 90 with the Summarit. It is a great performer already.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>> 
>> 
>> On 12 March 2014 12:43, Jim Laurel (gmail) <jplaurel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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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> 
> 
> 
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> Mark William Rabiner
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