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

[Mark Rabiner]

Its like you're shooting stopped down wide open!


On 10/19/16 4:31 PM, "Philippe" <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> wrote:

> 5.6 is where the specks on the sensor start showing - better glue the lens
> on the camera ;-)
> OTT, this is very surprising news
> But I bet Mark has now found his ideal WA lens - 5.6 and stay there :-)
> 
> I wish you all good light
> 
> Amities
> Philippe
> 
> 
> 2016-10-19 20:21 GMT+02:00 Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com>:
> 
>> 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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