Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Re: the Stealth Cammo M6 [Gawd George, you'll start a riot with a goodone like that! :) Thanks Ted.] On a more serious note, I would like to know if someone could give me an objective [sic] comparison between the current 50mm Summicron-M and 50mm Summilux-M lenses. The French CI tests rate the Summicron as a **** and the Summilux as a *** in terms of overall lens performance. Dennis Laney, in "Leica Lens Practice" also seems to show a preference for the Summicron, suggesting that it just a tad better than the Summilux, even at smaller apertures. What seems to puzzle me is that this supposed difference in lens performance does not reflect the cost of these lenses, with the Summicron being much less expensive. Am I missing something here? Are the CI tests biased towards performance wide open, or across the entire range of f-stops? - -GH