Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:49 AM 8/25/1999 -0700, Don R Bledsoe wrote: > >In a recent LHSA article the 50mm f/2 Summicron of the >11817 version (1969-1979 vintage)was touted as being >the best of the 50mm Summicrons. Does anyone here >feel this to be true or care to offer differing >comment? The article in question in VIEWFINDER was a bogus one and, bluntly, an insult to Erwin. The second-generation 2/50 is, certainly, a decent lens but, optically, it is surpassed by the third-generation version. (In my user's opinion, it is the weakest Summicron yet sold, but Erwin seems to feel that the collapsible 2/50 and the rigid/DR first-generation lens are slightly poorer in overall performance.) Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!