Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/25

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Subject: [Leica] Erwin's Summilux writeup
From: feli at creocollective.com (Feli di Giorgio)
Date: Fri Jun 25 10:21:13 2004
References: <00ce01c45a20$67233370$6601a8c0@ccapr.com> <p05100320bd01fd1bbdfb@[10.0.1.4]>

> >staggeringly good, as is the older 75. Great, the new 50 is better than
> >the old 50 Summilux. Big whoop.

Well, that is a big deal. The old Lux may be 40 years old, but until the
arrival of the new Lux R and M, it was still among the best 1.4/50 you
could buy. 

> He wrote that it is better than the _Summicron_, as well as the old 
> Summilux.

That's a petty big deal when you take in to account that many consider
the Cron the best 50 out there. It's a real big deal when you take in to
account that a f2 lens is beat or matched by a 1.4 design, even at f2.

> >So, arguably, is the 50 Nokton for $2K less.

The Nocton doesn't win by a knock out. 


Feli



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