Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/25

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Subject: [Leica] Which 50mm lens is "most like the 75mm Summilux f1.4"?
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:06:49 -0400
 
The 50 Summilux pre-asph, as others have pointed out.  The last one,
however, has better coating and a slightly tweaked formula compared to
earlier versions.  More importantly, it focuses to 75cm, rather than
1m.  The close-focus abilities for the 75 Summilux are one of its best
characteristics, for me.

There are lots of great photos that show the Summilux 50 here
http://www.flickr.com/groups/summilux50mm/ and many are tagged by
version.  Plenty to look at, though many are taken with the asph
version, which looks more like the 75 Summicron than the 'lux.

Marty