Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michael Ingram wrote: >Now the question... >about that APO-Summicron M ASPH 90mm... >I was assured a mere couple of months ago that >there were no plans for a new version of the 90mm, >and a leading London Leica specialist reconfirmed >the view that aspherics were not of much use in lenses over 50mm. > There is no news of a 90mm Summicron Asph here in UK as I write... >and I would love to hear more. >If it does exist I'll feel more than slightly "miffed" at >Leica UK telling me to go ahead and buy the existing 90 >with a replacement now coming just weeks after they told >me none was planned. I don't know why, but Leica UK seem always to be the latest to know about new Leica stuffs. They make a speciality to deny every news. I think it's a way to make business. (They are not the only English importer behaving like that) (This is a personnal opinion.) The new 11884 APO-Summicron-M ASPH 90/2 is on the Belgian Importer list since 2 months now. (But will not be available before mid 98) And we heard about it on the LUG several weeks if not months before that. Lucien