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

[Mark Rabiner]

Its been "f 1.4 and 10 grand USD and if you can't afford it you can go buy a
Pentax" although we know there's plenty of used glass out there which is not
hurting.

For awhile Leica has all been making faster and more expensive than anyone
had ever heard of glass much as I'm a fan of our new leader over there.

Now its  "Leica! Its not just for Hedge fund operators anymore".
Its almost like not just the few few can afford new Leica glass.

I'd love them go back to the old model of all the major focal lengths and
have slow, fast and medium options.
All in a big price grid like they used to have with three columns.
And the slow compact lightweight ones would be the ones I'd be most often
getting. I do think they make plenty off the camera bodies themselves. They
can make glass for everybody.


On 10/19/16 2:21 PM, "Don Dory" <don.dory at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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