Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's almost as if Leica has upped their quality control game now that the M240 sensor is so demanding and there are so many pixel peepers. The only thing I don't really like about the new Summarit 90 is the lens hood, which is an extra expense, but even more problematic is that it is a screw-on instead of the handy slide-out one that came on the Elmarit 90. --Jim On Mar 11, 2014, at 7:43 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > I would say different, I tend to have old and new in my most used lenses > for different looks... > > john > ________________________________________ > > I went to the trouble of having my old Leica lenses coded, but have also > picked up a few new ones, including the floating element 35mm Summilux > ASPH, the 50mm Summilux ASPH and, most recently, the 18mm Super Elmar. I > think I'm going to sell all my old ones from the 80s and 90s. These three > latest issues on the M240 are just fantastic. For some reason, I'm just > missing focus less often with the 35 and 50 than my old 35 Summilux ASPH > and Summicron 50. > > The only one I'm thinking of replacing next is the 90mm Elmarit with the > new 90mm Summarit. But the Elmarit has served me so well for almost 20 > years that I wonder what more the Summarit might have to offer. > > --Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information