Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello all. I am looking for advice. My current WA/normal lens lineup is: 35mm Leica ASPH 21mm Voigtlander Skopar 15mm Voigtlander Heliar which has served me extremely well. In looking towards next year, however, I have been thinking this: The latest generation of the Summicron 50 appears to be perhaps the highest quality lens in the Leica lineup [as Erwin Puts says, for example: "at f/2.8 it exhibits perfect qualities." I have never seen ANY reviewer ever make any such comment about any other lens, in my memory. If I recall correctly, PhotoDo ranks it a 46 or higher--about as high as it gets for ANY lens, period, etc.]; 28mm would be wider than the 35, with very little distortion still, and the widest I could go without needing to use a separate viewfinder, so why not sell the 35mm ASPH and get a 50 Summicron and the excellent Voigtlander 28 f/1.9 Ultron until I could afford a 28mm Leica ASPH? That, to me, makes a lot of sense, but in perusing Erwin's site of late, I saw a reference in his article on the 28mm ASPH that the 50mm Summicron is now last in quality in the Summicron line, behind the 90, the 28 and the 35. If that is true, then much of my incentive to make the change is gone. I welcome the group's thoughts on any advice anyone might care to offer: Should I stick with my current lineup or make the change? If you wish to email me separately, that would be fine. Many thanks, Chuck Garrettson - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html