Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, The Summarit can be a quite lovely lens. Wide open, it looks like this: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=989539 Stopped down to F4 it is quite sharp although the contrast levels are fairly low. As a specialty lens it can be quite effective either for portraits or for color work where a pastel palette is desired. I would not contemplate getting this lens as my only fast 50. On a budget one of the Soviet Sonnar clones would be my first choice, followed by the 50 1.4 Nikkor in LTM, the 50 1.4 Canon in LTM, and last or maybe first, the new 50 Nokton. If money is not really an issue, then wait for Photokina as rumors exist that the R Summilux will be made in M mount. Build quality is excellent, coatings are truly dreadful, aperture is perfectly round. Buy a heavy cleaning mark example and pay John at focalpointlens.com something over $200 to clean, lube, polish, and recoat the lens. The top example is after John finished with my very early example. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of George Linn Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 7:10 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Leitz Summarit 50mm, F/1.5 SM Anyone on list familiar with or have experience using the Summarit 50mm F/1.5 screwmount, ser. # 1276xxx. I know the coatings are soft, but have never used one to test the image quality. Any comment would be much appreciated. George _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information