Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan, I'm not too surprised. Rarely have I used a 50mm lens developed since the 70's which performed badly, unless it were dropped before use :-). This includes Olympus, Nikon, Contax and Leica lenses. I'm sure Canon, Pentax and Minolta also have stellar performing 50's. John At 08:42 PM 12/14/1999 +0000, you wrote: > >The new Hexar 50 is as good as the Summicron M 50?!? I think this should >rock some boats...Especially since the rumor mill had Leica leaving the 50 >alone since it could not be improved at a reasonable cost to the >consumer...Now a "nobody" comes out of the blue and puts together a lens of >similar quality for a lower price! Can it be SO?!? > >Sounds like they were willing to sit on their butts until someone pushed >them into updating their products. Unfortunately that is not the behavior >of an industry leader....which Leica claims to be in optics. > >I look forward to the increased competition in the RF camera business. >Competition improves the breed! > >Dan > >