Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] lens sample variations
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 12:05:14 -0500
References: <NBBBIDNIGLFOKNLJCPLHIEIPEPAA.ddh@home.com> <NBBBIDNIGLFOKNLJCPLHIEINEPAA.ddh@home.com>

Imagine after owning and comparing four of those lenses how much fun it
would be to buy another four to see how the new ones compare!

Dan C.

At 10:18 PM 23-12-00 +0000, D Khong wrote:
>Dan Honemann wrote:
>>I remember Dick Hemingway once posting that he had owned four 35/1.4 asph's
>>over the years, and that two of them were great and the other two were
>>mediocre at best.  That 50% success rate has me wondering if others have
>>noticed sample variation in Leica glass.
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>>For those like me who will never own more than one sample of any lens, it's
>>an unsettling thought to consider that you may have one of the sub-par
>>variations.  On the one hand, if you don't notice it, who cares; on the
>>other, why pay all this money for the very best optics if you end up
>>receiving the equivalent of a much lower priced lens?
>
>Soooo.......best thing to do is to just own one and use it and don't
compare. 
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>Dan K.
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In reply to: Message from "Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com> ([Leica] lens sample variations)
Message from "Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com> ([Leica] Lens evaluations (was 50 summicron))