Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Charles Dunlap wrote about the Summicron 50/f2 appearing in the current >Leica catalog... > >> The lens that I had been used to had a removable lens hood (a bit of a pain >> really) and a finger rest underneath to assist in focussing. The current >> version (as I confirmed by calling Leica this morning) replaces the finger >> rest with a standard knurled ring and adds a built-in, retractable lens >> hood. > > I'm interested in this aspect also. Does any version > of the 50mm/f2 have this finger rest? (I presume that > Charles is talking about the handy finger tab like > that on my Summilux 35/f1.4). I've gotten used to it > and love it. > > Does any version of the Summilux 50/f1.4 have this feature? > > Thanks. > > -- Wolfgang Perhaps I was unclear. The version of the 50 Summicron-M prior to the current one did have the finger rest (or tab). That is the only version that I have used; I do not know if the previous 50 Summilux-M also had the finger rest. As I said the finger rests remain on the 35mm and 28mm lenses (I don't recall the design of the current 21 mm.) -Charlie