Re: [Leica] Odd Summilux-R 50/1.4 new version

[Thomas Pastorello <tmp@mailbox.syr.edu>]

Thank you Jonathan Swift !

On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, N. B. Watson wrote:

> At long last, following the stigma attached to M bodies and lenses marked
> "Canada",  and Leica's known consortion with Minolta on the earlier R
> range plus that dreadful little Portugese fiasco, the decision-makers at
> Solms have finally come to admit the impropriety of producing anything of
> less-than-pure Aryan pedigree.  For a period between approximately 1989
> until the latest redesign with ROM contacts, the entire production of
> Summilux-R was assembled and collimated by a team of individuals
> including two former Czechoslovokians and several Bavarians who had at
> least one grandparent of non-German origin.  With the advent of the R8
> came a recommitment at Solms to minister to the wishes of Leica owners;
> whereupon the latest Summilux has been placed in the hands of a crew
> having undergone thorough DNA testing so that buyers may now rest assured
> of true Leica quality.  To commemorate this monumentous rededication, the
> classic engraving has been recommenced.
> 
> Regards,
> Nigel
> 
> On Sat, 14 Nov 1998 19:00:47 +0100 Pascal <cyberdog@ibm.net> writes:
> 
> >I have noticed something odd with the new Summilux-R 50/1.4. I believe 
> >
> >that since somewhere in the eighties all lens engravings on Leica R 
> >lenses have become blockier than before. Just look at the figure 5. 
> >Before it was round and curved, since then it has become a blocky 5. 
> >This 
> >is on both the focusing and lens opening ring.
> >
> >Now, the odd thing is that while the engravings on the focusing ring 
> >on the new Summilux are the latest ones, the engravings on the lens 
> >opening ring are once again round and curved. It looks as if they 
> >reused 
> >some older lens opening rings. This is not the case with the Elmarit-R 
> 
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