Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Erwin Puts: "The Summicron-M 2/28 mm ASPH. is one of the crown jewels in the Leica scuderia of lenses. It is a superb lens and after twelve years in production still not surpassed." On 4/5/2015 9:39 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Maybe on this thing we should find the specs. The MTF graphs. And or some > reviews by people who sound like they may know what they're talking about. > Instead of relying on capricious or even malicious chat group gossip. > I can speak for the finish of the lens a chrome version which looked top > Leica quality to me. If that accounts for much. > > > On 4/6/15 12:24 AM, "Gene duprey" <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > >> Interesting. i remember several years ago everyone was praising the 28 >> Chron. >> I wonder what has changed? >> >> Gene >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2015 3:06:51 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw the Nocti... >> >> If I do street documentary, I would get a 28mm (again) for sure. I did >> most >> of my "Occupy" series with the 35 or 50mm, and I definitely would have >> loved a 28mm. >> >> Fortunately, the 28mm Cron is the unloved Leica-child, so one can get it >> for around $2500 now. A bargain compares to the Nocti :-) >> >> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 12:28 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Mark, I think you should go back a reread your books ;-) >>> >>> john >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Mark Rabiner >>> Sent: Monday, 6 April 2015 6:08 a.m. >>> To: Leica Users Group >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw the Nocti... >>> >>> Most of us and most photographers I've ever met unless they were just >>> starting out had both a 28 and a 24. Nobody ever didn't have either. That >>> would be crazy. Its always been a basic focal length. Its one of the >>> frame >>> lines in M's since the M2 in 1957. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> > > > >