Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] TID> Summicron Quality
From: Charles Dunlap <cdunlap@es.UCSC.EDU>
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 15:19:05 -0800

>Bud Cook Wrote:
>
><< I recently checked out a new M6HM with a 50mm Summicron.  The focusing on
>the
> Summicron felt like a cross between a Nikon E Series and their AI-S lenses.
>In
> other words, I was really disappointed in this lens.
>

How, exactly, did it feel wrong? I have the current 50 Summicron-M (the one
with the built in lens shade) and it is very smooth to focus, very
mechanically solid, and optically excellent.

How did you like the M6HM?

- -Charlie