Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 98-01-23 13:48:55 EST, you write: << Tests are not always quite clear on the issue, although I get the impression that the Summicron often receives better test results than the Summilux. >> I recently did extensive searching on this and the results I found clearly indicated that the Summicron is slightly better than the Summilux, perhaps noticably so at f2 and f2.8. Any advantage seems largely or completely gone by f4.0. Among commentators outside the Leica group, it seems that the Summilux is not as highly regarded as the Summicron. I have not used the Summilux. Test reports (to the extent they can be considered useful) indicate that the Summilux is bettered by other 1.4 lenses including the Zeiss / Contax 1.4 and Canon 1.4. Tom Shea