Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/27

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Subject: Re: Non-Leica Camera Ident
From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 18:49:07 +0100 (BST)
 
At 00:37 27/07/97 -0400, you wrote (in part, re the Sonnar 50/1.5):
<snipped>
>Contax IIa black-dial, dating from 1952 or 1953.  The lens is, arguably,
>the finest normal lens yet produced for a 35mm camera.  This is the
>(slightly) recomputed, West German version:  the earlier East German design
>is no slouch, either.
>Marc

I've seen a Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 50/1.5 in LTM mount advertised and I
wonder if this is the same thing as you describe- I assume it is. If so,
could this actually be better than the late Summilux 50/1.5 for Leica M?

Joe Berenbaum