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

[Mark Rabiner]

My 35mm f3.5 Summaron was made from 1949 to 1960 in  screw mount.
It was made from 1954 to 1960 in M mount.
In 1958 they started making a 35mm Summaron in f 2.8  as a result of new
glasses (Laney) in either screw mount of M mount.
The same year 1958 the 35mm Summicron came out at f 2.
If they make a Summicron now at something other than f2 someone's going to
not be pleased. I doubt they will.


On 10/20/16 1:38 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> I have a 35mm f3.5 Summaron which I got for my IIIF in January 2007. I ended
> up using it way more often than the 50mm f3.5 Elmar collapsible which I got
> with the camera. My 90mm f4 Elmar completes my LTM system.
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/19/16 1:58 PM, "Jim Shulman" <jshulman at judgecrater.com> 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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