[Leica] Summarit press release

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Rei, the Leica page list element numbers and says the elements are spherical 
grinds. No diagrams (or MTFs) yet. 6 elements in 4
groups for the first three and 5/4 for the 90. So I guess classical 
double-Gauss however who knows what sort of glass? Leica should
send LUG members samples to try out after November and post some pictures. 
I'll try the 75. I think that plenty of people will
volunteer to try the 35 and 50. That leaves the 90 looking for a home?

Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Rei Shinozuka
Sent: Monday, 6 August 2007 11:47
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Summarit press release


the name has me a bit muddled. i have an old summarit, a 1.5 LTM.
does the summarit name signify anything technical with respect to the 
design of new line of lenses or is it a mainly a marketing name 
for the line?

-rei

On Aug04 16:46, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
> The way I've see it its a 2.8 not a 2.
> An Elmarit not an Summicron. So its the slow economy offering again the
> faster premium offering.
> 
> In the Leica catalogs of pervious era's a couple of which I just landed 
> from
> the Leica Gallery in Greenwich Village and have next to my bed and at night
> and put under my pillow when I sleep at hopefully night you see the lens
> offerings.
> And there are different price points built into the fact that there is a
> slow medium and fast offering of each. Or at least a slow then a fast.
> The slow lens is the in effect economy line and the fast one the premium
> one.
> And that was before most of the names strictly meant a certain f stop.
> Now we have a Summarit line. And as its modern times that's gong to mean 
> its
> going to be an f 2.5 line with no deviations from that f stop.
> But as its the weekend the 2.5 line is under track maintenance and you need
> to take the bus. Till 12:01 AM Monday. Whatever that means.
> But its not that easy as a 2.5 50 is a medium speed lens while a 2.5 90 is
> on the fast side. As would be a wide wide angle. The extra examples being a
> 2.5 would make a very high end hunk of glass for a 300mm;
> or 15 mm lens.
> 
> I just don't want them to forget the slow end.
> The Local. For us every day Joes. And Josephine's.
> Who need to stop and smell the roses.
> 
> After all you don't have to look through the darned thing.
> You look through the little window on the side.
> Things are not brighter and pop into focus better when they are faster
> glass. 
> In the dominate SLR world that is the real lure of speed.
> 
> 
> Faster also means 
> bigger heavier and off balance more expensive and more prone to flare.
> And longer before I can save up and get it.
> 
> 
> Mark William Rabiner
> Harlem, NY
> 
> rabinergroup.com
>