Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 9:54 pm +0100 10/2/99, Gerald Hsu wrote: >I don't know whether Kyocera-Zeiss 50/1.7 nor N*** 50/1.8 have better >flare control than 50/2.0-R Summicron, I do also experience slight veiling >flare with my late 3cam 50mm Summicron under certain light condition >where my 60mm Elmarit would perform flawlessly. My 50mm Summicron comes >with the build-in shade which I use it regularly. Even with the slight >veiling flare problem with 50mm Summicron, some of my most beautiful >images are still made from my Summicron. > >Gerald Hsu I agree with you in that 50 mm Summicron-R's do make fascinating images in *some* conditions. Unfortunately, I traded them for other Leica glasses before learning the conditions in which they fascinate me. - -- Mikiro Mori Strasbourg, Europe http://www.members.tripod.com/arbos3/cigogne/index.html