Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re: lens prices..... 35 lux
From: manolito at videotron.ca (EPL)
Date: Wed Aug 22 10:43:51 2007
 
 bernardo feio wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Last night was sold on ebay one 35 summilux ?asferical? for 1020?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Didier Ludwig <leica@screengang.com> escreveu:
>> Any optical difference between the 35mm Summilux "Aspherical" and the 
>> ASPH?
> 
> the aspherical has one lens element less, two aperture blades more. asph is
> said to be (slightly) sharper, asperical said to have the (slightly) nicer
> bokeh. the aspherical is very collectable, the last one i saw was sold for
> $3800.
> 

With that 0001 serial number, this may have been the first one issued -- so
perhaps a scammed photo.

BTW, another nice feature of the Aspherical vs. the Asph. is the knurled
focus ring, in addition to the tab.

EPL