Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:15 PM 5/1/98 -0400, you wrote: >The collapsible seven element 50mm f2.0 Summicron is probably the sharpest >lens ever offered to the general public, as least as far as pure lines/mm >selection. It is the lens that won the famous Modern Photography "shootout" >beating Nikon, Canon, and Olympus in terms of resolution, topping over 100 >l/mm on high resolution film. Considering the old 180 Apo Telyt can hit 425 lp/mm, I'd say the 50 wasn't the sharpest. (That's according to U.S. Navy tests - for whom the lens was designed). ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Maintenance-free: When it breaks, it can't be fixed