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

[Jim Nichols]

Mark,

My Leica IIIf, with Summaron 35/3.5, sits on the shelf behind me.  It is 
a nice, compact kit.  I would use it, but local film processing has all 
but disappeared, except for Walgreen, which I find pathetic.

I have used the Summaron several times, set to hyperfocal distance, on 
digital bodies, and it works that way, also.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 10/20/2016 12:47 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 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.
>
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> On 10/20/16 1:38 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
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>> On 10/19/16 1:58 PM, "Jim Shulman" <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote:
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>>> 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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