[Leica] Should have trusted the LUG......

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

Frank Filippone

Hi Frank,
If you hadn't asked the question and had a committee reply? Nothing is ever 
resolved by committee! ;-) Lot's of arguments and confusion to come from 
that comment! ;-)

And just went out, bought a 35mm 1.2 Voightlander and went happily along 
your way, you would've saved a lot of mental energy and confusion/testing! 
You ask a question of a committee and you'll be bombarded with responses!

All probably correct? But simply confusing? Just go get the lens at best 
price, don't think about all the dinky things, shoot your brains out having 
a good time and you'll come home with a gadzillion neat images everone will 
wet their pants over and you'll be as happy as all get out! :-)

ASK the gang and it'll drive you crazy thinking about it! And eight million 
responses!

cheers,
old doc ted! ;-)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 5:31 PM
Subject: [Leica] Should have trusted the LUG......


>I have been looking for a nice fast (F1.4), WA (28-50mm)  lens for my
> upcoming travels.  It needs to be light.  It must be sharp.
>
>
>
> So I tried out my 35 Summicron V3, and my 35 Summilux pre-ASPH.  Both were 
> a
> bit soft, with the Summilux being very very soft.  Testing was done wide
> open, as the purpose of this lens is to use it in only low light. 
> Otherwise
> my Tri Elmar will handle the job admirably.
>
>
>
> I was not happy with the results of the Summilux, and the Summicron gets 
> me
> light weight, but is not razor edge sharp either.
>
>
>
> I went out and got a 40mm Nokton F1.4, MC.  I figured the weight was 
> right,
> the aperture was right, and the cost was right.  The LUG told me I would 
> not
> be happy with this lens, for a lot of reasons...mostly to do with focus
> shifts at changing aperture.  I figured that I was only going to use it at
> F1.4 so I was immune.
>
>
>
> Hah.
>
>
>
> I just finished testing the 40 Nokton..  It was back focused on my M8, it
> had funny blue fringes on the pure black and pure white elements ( in the
> middle of the frame), and was softer than the Summicron.  Not my cuppa...
>
>
>
> What do you call the funny blue fringes?
>
>
>
> My 35 ASPH Summilux may not be light (130 grams more than a non ASPH
> Summilux) , but so far, it is winning on all counts.  ALL.
>
>
>
> Frank Filippone
>
> Red735i at earthlink.net
>
>
>
>
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