Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's what I want to know! At 09:40 PM 8/5/98 +0200, you wrote: >On 05-08-1998 18:07 Francesco Sanfilippo wrote: > >>I thought the 50 Summicron was an excellent lens, but some >>of you say the 50 Summilux is now a best of breed and that >>it rivals the Summicron. My question is.....which lens is better >>at f/2? > >I would like to second this question. Apart from considerations about >price and the extra f-stop, which of the two 50mm lenses (Summicron or >new Summilux) gives the best "raw performance"? I realize the two lenses >cannot be fully compared, but still... >I am using the Summicron 50 and am very satisfied with it, it is clearly >better than my Nikon AI 50/1.8 at larger apertures. Would the new >Summilux 50 give me any visible advantage as far as image quality is >concerned? > >Pascal > >-------------------------------------------------------- >Check out: http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ >-------------------------------------------------------- >t h i n k d i f f e r e n t a p p l e c o m p u t e r >-------------------------------------------------------- ><<< PGP public key available on request >>> >