Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes and the need for speed I think is overplayed. I think its the need for high end marketing insanity. Again I'm almost always a fan of compact, lightweight, less money slow glass. Where you get more for your money. Mark William Rabiner > From: Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:30:58 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Another 75mm-Summilux-on-M8 example > > 2009-03-26-16:03:58 Mark Rabiner: >> I was for some reason not absorbing the fact that this was the old 75. The >> Summilux. But thinking it was the new 75, the Summicron. > > Or maybe I confused you by following up in the Summilux thread talking > again about the Summilux (where my contribution was the ISO-1250 > handheld Summilux picture of Trent the DJ), after there'd been some chat > about the new Summicron (with that insanely detailed beer-eyelash-lady > picture from Hoppy). > > Summi-this, summi-that. > >> I'm normally assuming the latest from Leica is going to be the best. > > And I think that's basically true in this case. Except the latest and > best (up to f/2, where the dial stops moving) isn't the fastest. > > -Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information