Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/01/02

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Subject: [Leica] Side by side comparison: Summilux vs LTM Canon Serenar
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 23:22:56 +0530
References: <CBF88511-6680-41F8-9A3D-377E48D1BCA7@gmail.com>

Well, I agree with you about the Nikon 85mm f1.8! Incredible value at the
price!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:02 PM, kyle cassidy on the lug <
leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:

> I?ve been agonizing lately that I may need to upgrade my 1950?s vintage
> Canon Serenar which has been my 50mm ever since I got my first Leica in
> 1999. Jim Shulman took pity on me and brought his 1990?s vintage Summilux
> over and I did a side by side. I discovered that the colors rendition is
> different, the Serenar is redder/majentier and of course the Summilux
> focuses more closely and it seems to have slightly more resolving power, or
> I just focused not as accurately with one. The bokeh is different but not
> so different that I care too much.
>
> Side by side?s & my thoughts about the two here, along with some 100% crops
>
> http://kylecassidy.livejournal.com/804209.html <
> http://kylecassidy.livejournal.com/804209.html>
>
>
>
> kyle
>
>
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