Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -----Original Message----- From: Erwin Puts <imxputs@knoware.nl> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Friday, August 14, 1998 11:53 AM Subject: [Leica] Summilux-R 1,4/50mm, part 1 (long!) > >Before embarking on the lens test itself, it might be nice to state the >current thinking about lens design and evaluation. > > Erwin, Thanks for the superb article. It clears up many misconceptions regarding Leica lenses and their design. A number of years ago in America, a TV commercial for a brokerage firm (I believe EF Hutton) depicted groups of people stopping in mid sentence to hear the latest investment tip. Well, your article contains so many pearls of wisdom that we should all drop whatever we are doing and commit it to memory. Thanks! Bill Christensen