Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/22

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Subject: [Leica] 50 Summicron or 50 Summilux as standard lens??
From: "Francesco Sanfilippo" <fls@san.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:12:36 -0700
 
If one were to buy a lens for an M6HM
to use as their ONLY lens, I assume the
consensus is that the 50mm is the best
choice since it fits nicely between wide
angle and short telephoto, Salgado and
Cartier-Bresson used it as a standard
lens, etc.

Now, how does one choose between the
Summicron and the Summilux?  Is the 50
Summilux as good wide open as the 35
Summilux?  I have read that the Summicron
is the BEST 50mm lens PERIOD.  Is this true
or is the 50 Summilux just as good at f/2?
If they are equal from f/2 down to f/16,
the choice would be the Summilux just
because it has f/1.4, right?

Francesco Sanfilippo
francesco@incsystems.com
Webmaster & Network Administrator,
InContact Systems, MentorU.Com