Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:16 PM 5/28/2000 -0700, Mark Rabiner wrote: >Harrison & Ted: >A 50 by any other name.... >The easiest and most useful lens to make. >1. Doesn't cost thousands, The 50 Summicron is the cheapest hunk of glass >in the lineup. >2. When they want to come out with a special purpose optic, 9 out of 10 it's >going to be done on a 50! >Super high speed lens? put it on a 50! >Super compact lens? make that a 50 as well. >Blitz lens? a 50. >Macro? one more 50. >The idea of owning multiple 50's is not a big splurge. It could make some >sense >in the end. A lot of different tools with the same focal length! (or similar) >...for a lot of different jobs. >Mark Rabiner Amen to that, Mark.... kim, who also loves those 50's <g>