Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 12 February 2001, Jim Hemenway wrote: > > Hi Nathan, Jem and Doug: > > Thanks for your replies. I Used Jem's website to determine that the 50mm > Summicron R lens is indeed a single-cam type. Since you mention > stop-down metering, can I assume that the SL uses TTL metering? > > If so, then I could live with that as it sounds like my old Pentax > Spotmatic in actual use. > > I think that I'll at least try out the lens with the Sunny 16 rule or > with my old Weston. > > I hope that I'm not starting a flame here... but would this Leica lens > be as good as a similar focal length Zeiss Planar or Nikkor? > > Jim Yes, the SL has TTL metering. See: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/leica/SL.HTM I don't know about the Planar, but the 50mm f/2.0 Nikkor of the same era (which I used for 10 years) was not up to the performance standard of the Summicron-R. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/