Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/10

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Subject: RE: [Leica] nokton v. summilux
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 15:41:55 -0400

Well, I am certainly not an authority on MTF tests, etc....but if Erwin
Putts, who is, is right, the glass is a little better than the current M
Summilux....the question is whether, in five years, there'll be an ASPH
version of that lens...

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Johnny
Deadman
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 3:22 PM
To: LUG
Subject: Re: [Leica] nokton v. summilux


on 10/4/00 7:59 pm, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote:

> Good for you, JD - It's a really wonderful lens. No, it's not a Leica lens
> in terms of fit and finish...So it'll only last 5-8 years instead of
> 10-50...But the glass is really fabulous, and the price is a joke....

I figured if I liked it enough, after 5 years I might go for the Summilux ;)

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