Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1995/09/20

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: The retracatable 50 f/2.8
From: "G. Huang" <gang@mtdcr.mt.att.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 95 08:58:10 PDT


>To the Leica user Group:
>
>The new retractable 50 f/2.8 seems to be quite practical if you don=B4t 
have=
> a
>lot of place in your bag (I am a mountain climber), but, what about the
>quality if you compare it with the 50 f/2 ? any comment ...?.
>
>Thanks in advance....

The retractability is nice but it costs as much as a summicron if not more.
I believe there are still plenty of 50 f2.8 made in 60s and 70s on the market
and the prices are around $300 for very clean samples. 

I can't comment on the image quality but I believe nothing beats a Summicron.

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G. Huang
AT&T Bell Laboratories
E-mail: gang@mtdcr.att.com
Date: 09/20/95
Time: 08:58:10
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Replied: 29 Sep 95 09:00