Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, You could be correct that I had a bad sample. Stopped down by F4 it was quite good but all of my shots at 1.4 to 2 were soft. At this point I would not go back to the old formula as the new one is so good. Thanks for your comments. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 5/15/06, Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net> wrote: > > At 06:15 PM 5/15/06 -0400, Don Dory wrote: > > >You want either the ASPH Summicron or Summilux or the new Zeiss offering. > >The earlier 35 Summilux was just plain soft at 1.4 plus flared like crazy > >wide open. > > Don > > You've stated this a number of times. I've owned three of these lenses > and > have shot with four of them, and only one had flare problems. I suspect > that you might want to try a few more examples. SOME did suffer from > flare > but, in my own experience, most did not do so. > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >