Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Art, I too like the built-in hoods, although I would prefer to have a focusing tab too. It all just shows that it is a matter of taste and the way one uses the camera. If you have it swinging around your nect in the middle of, say, the Göteborg riots, then a fixed hood may be better from a protection point of view. But in more normal circumstances I much prefer the built-in variety. Nathan Art Sala wrote: > Its funny. Having owned both the latest version and the just previous > version of the 50mm Summicron, the two features I like about the latest > version is the built-in lens hood and the fact that it does not have a > focusing tab. I've always commended Leica for putting built-in lens hoods > on most of their R lenses. Smart, clean and convenient design! And perhaps > Leica removed the tab from this lens because there was enough "lens" to get > your fingers around. For me it has been more comfortable. Maybe just a > latent SLR user-interface habit refusing to die! > > Cheers, > Arturo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peterson Arthur G NSSC" <PetersonAG@NAVSEA.NAVY.MIL> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 4:41 AM > Subject: RE: [Leica] new to M > > > > > While I do not disagree with anything Lucien wrote, I would add that one > > feature of the current 50mm Summilux makes it superior to its > predecessors, > > at least for me, and that is its ability to focus to 0.7m, rather than > just > > to 1.0m as before. > > > > :-) > > > > Art Peterson > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lucien [mailto:director@ubi.edu] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 7:30 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] new to M > > > > JO GOODTIMES wrote: > > > > > > > > If I had to keep one body / one lens , it'd be an M6 Classic Black > > > with the 50 Summicron Black , last version . > > > > Jo, > > > > Sorry if I keep repeating the following. > > > > IMHO, the last version of the 50/2 Summicron (#11826) is the worst > regarding > > ergonomics. > > > > The sliding lens hood, the lack of focusing tab and the "so easy to lose" > > lens cap have discredited it in my eyes. > > > > The version just before (#11819), using exactly the same glasses, is much > > better. > > > > Its removable lens hood is more efficient because it offer a better > > protection against undesirable rays and shocks. > > Same problem for the last versions of the 50/1,4 and 50/1 , BTW. > > > > And its focusing tab ease the focusing when compared with the focusing > ring. > > Here with the 50/1,4 and 50/1 it's less a problem, because their focusing > > rings are bigger. > > > > To bad for the RF users, it's that poor design Konica chose to copy for > its > > Hexanon 50/2. > > > > Now, if I had to keep only one camera and one lens, it will be also a M6 > but > > with a Summilux 50/1,4 (#11 114). > > > > Just my two cents, > > > > Lucien > > - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/