[Leica] Was: Screw the Nocti, Now: 28mm And BeThere

[Mark Rabiner]

The option is the 28mm f/2.8 ASPH ELMARIT-M which is a more compact and
inexpensive lens which came out in 2006 where the Summicron ASPH came out in
2000. And the Summicron may block the viewfinder. The Elmarit is old
fashioned Leica compact wide angle size. The Summicron is new Leica inflated
with bicycle pump size.
I might go with compact Elmarit. Both my other Leica wides the 21 and 24 are
Elmarit ASPH's. Though neither are compact.
Its just that as Leica "brands" go "Summicron" is the main one as I've
always seen it.


On 4/6/15 12:53 PM, "Gene duprey" <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:

> Bob,
> 
> I have the 28 Elmarit Asph. and have loved its performance.  It is the lens on
> my M8 most of the time.  It is small and performs very well in my opinion.
> There are others who think it is very contrasty, but I have found this to be
> not true.  I think Lluis also has and uses this lens.
> 
> Gene
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Baron" <robertbaron1 at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 9:13:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Was: Screw the Nocti, Now: 28mm And BeThere
> 
> I bought the 28mm Summicron-M ASPH I think at about the time it was
> released, IIRC at the Leica Seminar on Cape Cod in 2001.  I never got
> comfortable with the focal length and sold it some years later.
> 
> Now I'm thinking about buying a 28mm Elmarit-M 2.8 to use on my M240,
> mainly when I'm traveling and don't want to carry my current 35mm Summilux.
> 
> Is this good thinking?
> 
> --Bob
> 
> 
> ===On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>>>>> 
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