RE: [Leica] cron vs lux

["B. D. Colen" <BDColen@earthlink.net>]

Having recently made the plunge from the 35 Summilux to the 35 Summilux
ASPH, let me tell you that the difference is NOT in my mind...it's on the
film! The results are spectacular. (And I wouldn't have believed it either
before I tried it...)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Chris
> Bitmead
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 8:45 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] cron vs lux
>
>
> Summicron1@aol.com wrote:
> > I am firmly convinced that the improvements
> > that people see in the 1.4 aspherical lenses are at least partially, and
> > perhaps, totally, in their minds. You say F-2 is "average"
> speed, but it is
> > actually quite fast. With modern films you really do not need
> anything faster
> > to still get very good results except in the most demanding
> sports situations.
>
> Is it only me who wants to shoot Kodachrome 25?
>
> > For an extra $1,500 or so (you WERE going to buy a used
> summicron, were you
> > not? Of course you were.) you get a lens that, maybe, performs
> a teeny bit
> > better, and has one stop more speed. Big whoop.
>
> It's funny how perspectives differ. I personally attach
> considerable value to an extra stop of speed. Even if I load a
> film of appropriate speed the sun seems to have this funny habit
> of going down at the most inconvenient time leaving me wishing
> for a couple of stops more speed. Heck, I'm still waiting for a
> bright enough day where I can use K25 with my f2.8 lens. What
> with cloud cover f2.8 wears very thin very fast.
>
> > so, you want to take pictures or do you want to spend money and
> impress your
> > friends?
> >
> > charlie trentelman
> > Ogden, Utah
>
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> Chris Bitmead
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>