Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joe, Both lenses are rather similar between f 4 and f 8, and with sun shine. The current Summicron is more sharp at all f-stops, specially in the lower range (between f 2 and f 4). At rainy days or under low light, the Summicron is clearly better (color saturation, detail rendition, sharpness). Additionally, the Summicron shows strong contrasts (i.e. small bright white points against large dark areas) correct, and far better than the Summarit. Different, the out-of-focus rendition of the Summarit is significantly more pleasing, except at f 2 and f 2.8. Weights are rather similar. In money, I'd judge, that the current Summicron is USD 250 "better" than the Summarit, and USD 100 than the rigid chrome Summicron. Alf - ----------------------------------------------------- At 14:31 26.12.1997 EST, Joe Stephenson wrote: >Greetings, LUGers, I am new. I have another question about the f2 50 mm >Summicron. How does it stack up against older 50 mm lenses, especially the 5cm >summarit f 1.5. I have the Summarit and use it, but often wonder if I would >see a difference with the modern f2 lens. I would like the idea of a lighter >lens. The Summarit weighs a ton.