Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 4/12/07 11:26 PM, "H. Ball Arche" <h_arche@yahoo.com> typed: > For a direct quote from Tom's letter: > > One of the unsung lenses in the Leica production is > the 35/2,8 Summaron. If you don't need the speed, this > is a great lens. Remember that to get high speed > performance in a lens something usually got to give > (size, weight or mid f-stop performance). The 35/2,8 > is as sharp as the other 35's at f4 and 5,6 and > sometimes I suspect that they are sharper than the > "faster" counterparts. They are also usually cheaper > and in better condition than the used 35/2's and 1,4's > as they most likely were bought by non-professionals > and treated much more gently. I have a couple of these > lenses and what always strikes me is the close-up > performance (0,7 to 1,5 meters), noticeably better > than the 35/2's or 1,4's. > > --- Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > >> Are they 2.8's or 3.5's mines a 3.5. And I like it that way. Mark Rabiner 8A/109s New York, NY markrabiner.com