Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 8:59 PM -0700 10/25/99, Alexey Merz wrote: >>and that the lens is one heavy brute. > >Not so. In the black version the Summilux ASPH weighs >5g *less* than the Summicron ASPH, i.e. the lenses >have identical mass. and At 12:38 AM -0400 10/26/99, Bill Caldwell wrote: >But the f/1.4 35mm Summilux ASPH-M (250g in black w/out the plastic lens >hood 12588; 415g in chrome w/out the hood) is pure magic as a lens! It >(a black f/1.4 ASPH) is almost a permanent resident on my M6. Yes, the >bokeh may be different (subjective) depending upon the light source, but >displeasing to me (in comparison to the pre-ASPH Summicrons) -- no. > >Oh as for weight (from the 1997 Handbook and the 1998 Handbook), the >current f/2 Summicron ASPH-M (13131-32) weighs in at 255g in the black >finish, and 340g in the chrome finish, w/out the plastic lens hood >12526. The current black f/1 50mm Noctilux (11822 w/ built-in hood) >weighs in at a tidy 630g. IMHO, at 250g in black, it seems a stretch to >call the f/1.4 35mm Summilux ASPH-M "one heavy brute." Besides at 5g >less the black f/2 Summicron ASPH-M (and 90g less than the chrome f/2 >35mm Summicron ASPH-M), the black f/1.4 35mm Summilux ASPH-M seems to be >one light/middle weight shooting lens, with an usable f/1.4 stop that >permits you to hand hold at 1/15. I think you guys didn't follow the lines across when reading the weights; the Summilux ASPH weights 310gms and the Summicron ASPH 255gm, both in black. Not a big difference, but still a real difference. Volume is also readily differentiable. I use a Summilux ASPH and a Summicrom-M; the 'lux ASPH is sharper and the pre-ASPH Summicron has better bokeh to my eye, and is a lot smaller and lighter (160gm). It is also shorter (26mm) than the 'lux ASPH (46.2mm) and the Summicron ASPH (34.5mm), all without hoods. Maybe a small difference, but as percentages certainly noticeable when handling. All that being said, I'm the guy that has gone on vacation with 3 Nikons and 9 lenses, and gone hiking in the Himalayas with 2 Leicas, 5 lenses, a full Mamiya 6 outfit and a 150 Noblex etc., so maybe I _should_ be paying attention to every gram!! :-) * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com