Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/12

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Subject: Re: Canon 501.8 vs Leica Summitar 50 f2...
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 16:55:38 -0500

At 10:18 AM 11/12/97 +0000, Gabe Sachs, that worthy soul, wrote:
>I asked the LUG about my Summitar 50 that is decementing.  It has a
>semi-circle of decementing that covers about a 1/3rd of the lens.  Many of
>you said that it would be worth it to just buy another instead of getting
>it fixed because of the price of repair.  Others recommended the Canon 50mm
>1.8 (Screw mount) that is great.   I just did a side by side comparison and
>I can't see any difference....even with the damage to the Summitar.  My
>question is......which do I hang onto?  Will the Summitar eventually
>decement to the point that I can't use it anymore?  I'm using bothe lenses
>on my M6 and I have a IIIF that I like to use as well.  Please let me know
>opinions.  I need a hand.

Well, I'd either repair the Summitar or replace it with a like lens or a
Russian Jupiter.  But then, if you guys haven't noticed, I've a slight
aversion to Oriental glass on German cameras ...

Marc


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