Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It looks like I already have your dream. My chrome 35mm Summicron (first version) only protrudes about 1 inch and the shade about 3/4 inch. I love this lens, even if is less sharp wide open than its newer cousins. On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, ray tai wrote: > Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:26:01 +0800 > From: ray tai <razerx@netvigator.com> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] I like small lenses > > I bought my previous version 35mm Summicron two weeks ago and it is now > my most used lens because it is so small I take it everywhere. Chrome > lens, black hood, black M4-2, hand grip, in my brief case and goes where > ever I go. I am sure the ASPH Summicron is sharper but I am sure the > smaller one is good enough for my purposes. The compactness and > unobstrusiveness of Leicas is the main reason I use Leicas in the first > place. > > Here is my dream lens: a recomputed 35/3.5 Elmar or better yet something > like the Schneider 35/2.8 Xenogon but with modern glass in M mount. > This lens should protrude less than an inch out of the M body and > perhaps another .75 inch with the metal screw on hood. That would be > nice! > > > > Michael Volow (mvolo@acpub.duke.edu) Durham, NC