Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, Some prices were listed on the LUF from some shop in Europe. At this point we don't know how accurate these prices are since the release dates for the lenses are about 4 months away. What was quoted for the 35, 75 and 90mm as 1250 Euros and the 50 as 1000 Euros. I did an on line conversion and it worked out to be $1723 and $1378. That sounds like it's in the ballpark to the new 28mm Asph. I certainly don't know why they chose Summarit for a name either. Nothing in the new lenses compares to the old lens. The lens aperture, the number of elements and even the color is different. I like the sound of the name though. I have a 1.5 Summarit as well. It is so well made, a thing of beauty. I used mine last week and don't recall a focusing issue. Maybe I'm lucky. It does flare pretty easily though. A hood outdoors is a must. The Summarit hood is a little rare and pricey but a thing of beauty as well. Len On Aug 6, 2007, at 10:14 AM, Afterswift@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/6/2007 4:44:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > lug-request@leica-users.org writes: > > 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? > --------------------------------------------------------------- > I have a 1956 vintage f1.5 50mm Summarit M mount. Since the > Summarit was > conceived as a fast lens, perhaps Leica Solms thought that the > Summarit label > could be used for a class of lenses, more compact than the faster > Summicrons. > > The only thing I didn't like about the Summarit -- which I still > use -- is > that the focusing assembly was made to such close tolerances that > the lens was > almost impossible to focus, so I had to set distance by judgment. > When I > returned the Summarit to Leitz NY with that complaint, they > removed the oil so > the movement now has some slack to it, but it's still a difficult > lens to > focus. I assume that won't be a problem with the new Summarit > lenses. I can now > just about use the rangefinder with it. It certainly has a lot of > heavy duty > glass and brass in it. It's a weighty character. It was the first > lens I owned > calibrated in meters. I bought it in Germany. > > Other than having too much of a good thing mechanically, the f1.5 > Summarit > is still a powerful lens that frees me from using speedlights. I > think David > Duncan used a Summarit for his book on Picasso and another excellent > photographer used one to do a memorable book on the poet Dylan > Thomas. I have both in > my library. Both were shot in B&W, which seems natural for the > Summarit. > > Incidentally, does anyone know the prices of the new Summarit lenses? > > Bob > > > > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all- > new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information