Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/19
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> a) is the
>ASPH worth the extra cost when I'd seldom use the lens wide open?
Perhaps not. I have used my 35/2 wide open on numerous occasions, taking
some of my favorite photos this way.
> b) how much
>would I want to use my 39 mm swing-out polarizer with this lens?
I'm not sure why this is an issue. Both ASPH and non-ASPH lenses have 39mm
filter threads.
>d) is a late Canadian Summicron likely
>to be more reliable than a lens from Solms?
The Solms reliability debate has always seemed suspicious to me. I've had
lenses from both and no problems with any of them. Mechanically the
Canadian 35 Summicron seemed a little more shakey than the two Solms
lenses, but this was probably due to age.
>Erwin Puts mentioned that the ASPH lenses may be somewhat warmer than the
>non-ASPH lenses. This is important to me since I'm extremely concerned about
>the color rendition of a lens and I want all of my later lenses to be equal in
>this respect.
I can't understand why the new lens would be slightly warmer. I've
discounted this statement because Erwin Puts reviewed an early example
(pre-release) of the lens. Leica can control the warmth of the lens via the
lens coatings and has a stated policy of maintaining color balance across
the range of modern lenses. I would be more concerned about differences in
color balance among older lenses than in the modern designs. With that said
I've never noticed and problems with color balance in any case.
If you like, I will take photos (pick a slide film) with the new ASPH 35/2,
latest model 50 Summicron, and latest 90/2.8 Elmarit (same scene, same
aperture) and send them to you. The only problem is that Leica will not
tell Don Chatterton when they expect my new lens to arrive! I can
understand production delays, but Leica is also being evasive about when my
new M6 0.85 will appear. No one there seems to know when to expect
deliveries from Solms, nor do they seem to care about customer frustration.
When I call (no more than once in a week) they act inconvenienced by my
requests for information. Well, this isn't relevant to you.
Best wishes,
Charlie
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Charles E. Dunlap
Earth Sciences Department
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Tel.: (408) 459-5228 Fax.: (408) 459-3074
mailto:cdunlap@es.ucsc.edu
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