Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If that's what you like, then by all means hang on to it. I have a 2/50 Summar, which many will disparage, but I love it for certain applications for which I feel it has no equal. ;-) feli On Mar 8, 2005, at 7:07 PM, Chandos Michael Brown wrote: > Maybe I'm a fool, but the 35/1.4 and the 50/1 are two lenses (along, of > course, with an M film body) that I intend to hang on to the bitter > end, > in hopes that a reasonable digital M body will someday appear. > > The 35/1.4 "sings" to me through all its apertures; just as the > Noctilux's vignette at full aperture is a 'flaw' in the technical > sense, > the 35/1.4's 'softness' possesses a character all its own. I don't > defend it against modern designs, but on its own terms it's a > formidable > lens with a distinct Leica signature. I love it. > > CHandos