Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:40 PM 20/12/97 -0800, you wrote: >D Khong wrote: ><snip> >> Your dealer has a point. If I were allowed only one lens, it would be the >> 35/2 Summicron. It is also great for travel and vacation as it is compact >> and light. > >Dan, I am about to buy(new from a local camera store) a 35/2 ASPH that I >guess(should it matter to me?) is not a Summicron and I guess is maybe a >Summilux. I do not know what the differences are. > >I do know that there are only two 35mm lens(UMMICRON-M f/2 and a 35mm >SUMMILUX f/1.4 ASPH) shown in the 96 Leica catalog but on >leicasource.com there is listed a 35mm/1.4 ASPH a 35mm/2.0 ASPH and >35mm/2.0 (non-ASPH) are listed. I am confused. > >Are you recommending against the ASPH lens? And what do the rest of you >think? The prices appear to be about the same for all the f/2.0 lens >and of course about $1000 more for the 1.4 lens so I am not interested >in that big lens. Dale >-- >$ dale-reed@worldnet.att.net Seattle, Washington U.S.A. $ > To my knowledge, there are three current 35mm M-lenses. The non-ASPH f2, the ASPH f2 and the ASPH f1.4. What I have is the non-ASPH f2 (late 6 element) version and I am immensely pleased with the pics I get. I was tempted to trade up to the ASPH f2 version when it first appeared in the market but after dragging my feet for a while, I forgot all about it. Dan Khong Singapore