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Subject: [Leica] APO Summicron 50mm f2 ASPH lens....
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 18:46:15 -0700
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Geoff my friend, honestly speaking, most Leica photos do not even approach
the limits of the Zeiss lens, let alone the Leica glasses.  Lets say if you
shoot 10,000 frames a year with your 50/1.4, and then switch to the ASPH
'cron for a year for another 10,000 frames. I highly doubt there will be a
handful of prints that will stand out because of the ASPH lens.

But hey, if you have $$$ to use, no one will stop you from buying that lens!


On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Pfft! With that attitude you will never be destitute but get to use the
> best M 50 on the planet. Haah!
> I shot I think six frames with one. Since I almost never use the f1.4 of my
> Summilux ASPH I would trade up if I could. Not going to happen though and
> I'm hardly slumming it.
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
> On 10 May 2014 08:04, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
>
> > No experience of course, but using an M240 (or any Leica really) with a
> > 50/2 Summicron or the 50/1.4 ASPH is already like driving a $130,000
> > Maserati on 205 to Yosemite - on the straight away, it goes really fast
> but
> > stuck in Manteca? Not so much. On the Valley floor? Practically obscene.
> >
> > Using the 50/2 ASPH Summicron is like adding a wing spoiler for another
> > $100,000. It might add that little oompf, but boy do you pay for that
> > ommpf.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > ===On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Steve Barbour <
> > steve.barbour at gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On May 9, 2014, at 6:17 AM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Have you used lensrentals.com?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > a good thought Bob, any experience with this lens?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Not me.
> > >
> > > --Bob
> > >
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