Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 50/1.5 summarit
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 22:37:48 -0500

At 07:07 PM 1998-10-30 -0800, Don R Bledsoe wrote:
>You have received some excellent feedback on the properties of the
>50/1.5 Summarit.  But I think it is important to understand that the
>Summarit was optimized for mid aperture use for scenic shots and what
>not.  It was designed to provide the additional speed for the
>occasional low light shot but that was not its strong point, and
>wasn't intended to be. It was really a lens designed for amateurs who
>mostly shoot in daylight with an occasional low light shot.  It was
>not intended as a professionals lens for primarily low light use. 

Don

I am curious as to why you maintain this.  Can you cite a source for this
suggestion?  You might be right, but it flies in the face of all I know of
TTH, the broker of deal which produced the lens.

Marc


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