Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 07-Jun-98 Eric Ertman wrote: > > I have decided to break my piggy bank in order to purchase a 50mm > Summicron M f/2 as it seems to me to have the overall best optical > performance of the M 50mm's despite average speed . 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. > > Thanks, > Eric I'm in almost the same boat, I had decided on a 50 summicron, but with this new rumor.... I think that if a new 50 summilux is released the price for the old one will drop down into my price range. However, I think that Leica will deny and production of such a lens (assuming they are making one) up until about a day before they release it. For this reason I will probably buy the summicron, I figure I'll be able to sell it for close to what I pay if want to raise money for a summilux, assuming a new one is even coming out that is. - -- Michael Garmisa <kilemall@shell.excelsior.net> ICQ# 11583837 http://shell.excelsior.net/~kilemall/ 07-Jun-98 19:10:18 PGP key at: http://shell.excelsior.net/~kilemall/kilemall.asc