Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:06 PM 4/4/97 -0500, Duane Birkey wrote: >When did they update the 50 Summilux (to the built-in hood, 46mm >filter)? Did they update the optics along with the mechanical changes? > I'm assuming they did, how much improvement or unimprovement was there >between the two? The Summilux was originally a renamed Summarit. The lens was optically reconfigured at 1,844,001 in 1961. The mount was changed several times thereafter, including the 1992 change to the inbuilt lenshood, but the optical formula has remained unchanged for the past 36 years. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!