Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Then the 'isolated' question is one that I surely cannot answer or even >predict - How (assuming Leica "CAN") >much 'better' can it get without getting progressively more assimilated into >upcoming accuracy, etc. in auto...? >We have seen a new generation of >lenses that do indeed (more than they do not) push the limits of technical >feasibility. For example - the 35 M. It is now available as asph. which we >could consider an improvement. dear tsl, the asph lenses are generally considered to be improvements over the preceeding non-ashp versions of even extremely popular lenses like the 35 summicron, as you yourself point out. they have nothing to do with automation. can we believe that we have arrived at the ultimate in m-ness, a sort of photographic nec plus ultra that could only be improved upon by adding af? guy