[Leica] Leica announces Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6

[Don Dory]

I actually saw the prototype at the LHSA convention.  Small, very well
made, good to great glass.  Speed is no real issue in digital and there are
other options if you want shallow dof in your wide shots.  Realistic lens
for most photographers especially newer less affluent that want a real
Leica(read asia)lens.

I think Leica is trying to address non-used pricing as well as calling up
heritage and collectors.

On Oct 19, 2016 2:10 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> Jim,
>
> I think it is all about size and form factor.  For a Leica owner who just
> shoots daytime snapshots, it is perfectly adequate, and, with the high ISOs
> now available, it will work ok at night, as well.  And, they won't get many
> complaints about the RF being out of calibration. :-)
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 10/19/2016 12:58 PM, Jim Shulman wrote:
>
>> Suddenly it's 1955.  That was the speed of their "replacement" Summaron
>> (the one that replaced the f6.3 model!)  Meanwhile, Nikon and Canon were
>> making 3.5 28s in LTM (with Canon going one better, with a 2.8)  It was a
>> strangely obsolete max aperture then, and certainly now.
>>
>> Go figure....
>> Jim
>>
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