Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 14-11-1998 20:53 Erwin Puts wrote: >Summarising: the 1,4/50 Summilux-R defines the current state of the art >of large aperture standard lenses. It outclasses the 1.4/50 Summilux-R by a >mile. It edges ahead of the Summicon-R and improves upon the Summilux-M >1.4/50. >Non-scientific comparison pictures with the Summicron-M show comparable >performance in most picture taking situations. The Summicron-M is still the >lens to beat. >The Mandler era is not yet over. If you need the utmost of recording >capabilities the new >Summilux-R needs f/2 or smaller. Its wide open performance is outstanding. I would like to thank you wholeheartedly for such an elaborate test report, Erwin. Your reports are the most thorough and substantiated ones I have ever come across. My own limited practical experience with the new version Summilux-R 50/1.4 had already convinced me this lens is a winner. Your report is confirming this! Best regards, Pascal - -------------------------------------------------------- See my photo pages at http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ - ------------------------------------------------------- Who else than Leica could make a camera like the R8 ? With that unique design and above all: that ergonomics. Nikon ? Canon ? Nobody but Leica ! - ------------------------------------------------------- <<< PGP public key available on request >>>