Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/05

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Subject: [Leica] Re: 35 ASPHs. and CLE
From: "Dr. Joseph Yao" <yaojkfdr@netvigator.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 21:46:17 +0800

I agree with Howard's findings: I have both the Summilux 35/1.4 ASPH and
Summicron 35/2.0 ASPH and they both mount and focus without any problems
whatsoever.  My Summilux is the later version with only one aspheric
element.  The same cannot be said for the non-ASPH. 35mm lenses,
however.

Regards,

Joseph

> Akhil Lal <alal@bcc.cuny.edu> wrote
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: CLE and Leica Lenses
> 
> >The CLE will not work with the 35mm Summilux Asph.  
> >I tried this combo and it would bind when attempting to focus on distant
> >objects.
> >The 35mm Summilux non-asph  does not work either.
> >Both will work on the CL, I believe
> 
> Dear Akhil,
> Interesting to hear of your experience. I have my Summilux ASPH and
> Summicron ASPH here in front of me with my CLE and both lenses mount and
> focus without any difficulty. Perhaps anyone buying a CLE and 35 ASPH
> lenses should try the combo before buying but my experience is that my
> ASPHs work fine,  older 35mm lenses both Summicron and summilux which I
> owned experienced the same problem you describe.
> Best Regards
> Howard