Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:59 PM 9/11/96 -0700, Roger Beamon wrote: >>Marc > >I've only owned the latest version and have no background in others with >which to compare. It seems acceptable in the parameters mentioned above for >me, *but* the dog-gone thing is terribly prone to flare, big time! Since I >do a great deal of photographing into the desert sun, I'll probably trade it >(cost be damned) for the 1.4/35 ASPH, if it is significantly better with >regard to flare. Any comments on flare comparison between the two? Is >it logical to assume that the coma free aspect of the 1.4/35 ASPH will >also mean little flare? I've never shot with either of the aspherical 35's and will probably only do so when I can luck into one used at a cheap, cheap, cheap price (which will happen: all things come to Leicaphiles who are patient!), I've never experienced any flare problems with any 35mm Summicron design even shooting on open snow fields into the sun (which I do regularly), nor have I encountered this with the 1.4/35 Summilux I use now. But many, many others have complained of this, and I understand that Leica had this specifically in mind when they whoomped up the ASPH Summilux. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!