Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, You must be a gazillionaire if you feel these do not cost an arm and a leg! Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I'll second that on my Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH. But had this and other > Elmarits been discontinued in favor of a metal munching Summilux? I think > so. So I'm glad Leica is back in the business of making glass for people > who > are not billionaires. And which both don't cost and weigh an arm and a leg. > A 28 2.8 is nice and compact and its not like you're going to have trouble > focusing on a dark groundglass on an image that does not appear to be > snapping in and out. The Leica focusing mechanism is very many times more > accurate than a groundglass with wides. > And at ISO 6400 and up we are just fine with f2.8 > > > On 1/15/16 3:40 PM, "Brian Keith Reid" <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > wrote: > >> Wha's to improve? The Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH is perfect. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information