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[jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore)]

[On the current 50mm Summicron]

2010-08-03-06:08:26 Marty Deveney:
> in fact, the only thing it does better than the
> 50/1.4 asph is, as Erin put it "The close up performance of the
> Summicron is definitely better than that of the new Summilux and if
> you do not need the high speed, it still has its virtues".

Isn't one thing the current 50/2 and the last pre-ASPH 35/2 both do well
having vanishingly low geometric distortion?  Sure, you can tweak much
of that out digitally, but isn't it nice not to have to, especially if
you're stitching or dealing with architecture or both?