Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 50mm lens purchase
From: V8PWR@aol.com
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 10:23:14 EDT

Dans un courrier daté du 04/07/01 14:41:51 Paris, Madrid (heure d'été), 
mlanger@ccs.carleton.ca a écrit :

> I've been offered a recent black M mount 50mm f2.8 Elmar at an attractive
>  price well below what a recent black Summicron would go for.  My 50mm 
lenses
>  are all screwmount -- 50mm f3.5 Elmar (transition red scale), 50mm f2
>  Summar, 50mm f2 Summitar, 50mm f1.5 Jupiter.  I was thinking of getting a
>  recent 50mm Summicron, but wonder if the f2.8 Elmar would be giving me
>  something in terms of performance for the dollar that the Summicron or the
>  lenses I already have wouldn't.
>  
>  Mark
>  
>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Having owned both , I love both !
The performance of the Summicron is stunning .
But the Elmar is so small when retracted that I can't resist .
It's really a joy the put in a jacket pocket .
I'd sell the old ones and get both , but I'm strictly no collector !

JO GOODTIMES -FRANCE/ AIRBORNE RADAR TECH / LIVE FREE OR DIE
will soon walk with mud covered combat boots...