Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<< I am slightly hesitant, even though I appreciate the excellence of this lens, as I somewhere caught a rumour of Leica launching a new 50mm Summilux M 1.4. Can anyone substantiate this rumour? If so it might be worth the wait. >> Leica has announced the introduction of a new R 50 1.4 lens. There is some expectation that Leica would also introduce a new M 50 1.4 lens. However, I am not aware of any announcement by Lecia about a new M 50 1.4. I am hopeful that they will do so. It seems to me that converting an R design to an M design (for a 50 mm lens) should not be difficult. It would be a different question for wide angle lenses, where the retro-focus / non-retro-focus question arises. Tom Shea