Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't find it hard to believe that it matches it, Feli. I'm sure this is NOT your father's Planar. I owned and used the lenses for the G1 for a while - I got rid of the outfit because the autofocus was so attrocious on the G1 - and my feeling is that in real world use, those lenses were every bit as good as their Leica equivalents. In fact, some of the results I got were really stunning. Sure, there's a huge technological difference between a 1955 planar and a the new asph 50 summilux, but I wouldn't be on this being a re-issue of a 50s lens. ;-) B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:39 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] New Zeiss lenses compared against Leica I find it very difficult to believe that the 1.4/50 Planar outperforms or matches the new Lux-ASPH or LUX-R. The Planar is a very good lens but, there is a huge technological difference between it and the Lux ASPH. What lenses did they compare? Anyone? Karen? feli ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information