Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 6/2/00 9:18:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time, zilopipo@hotmail.com writes: << 50 mm designed for leicaflex and after that an elmarit 35 mm leicaflex designed too (they are cheaper... I'm still a student!), my question is: are these optics, made in the seventies, as good as the ones made in the >> I have both the old 50 Summicron (the first one) and a newer version, but not the most recent R only model, and feel that the newer one has slightly more contrast but that both produce beautiful Kodachrome slides. I also have the old 35mm Elmarit and a newer 35 Summicron and I feel that the Elmarit is fine unless you need F2. Of course, "better" has a variety of meanings. I am only referring to color slides and prints here, not resolution/contrast tests. Bob Figlio