Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One of the wonderfull things about using Leicas is that all of the modern era lenses for it are excellent. Even though Leica Camera seems to be in the process of recomputing all of their M lenses, the older ones are still excellent performers. A new Leica user can't go wrong by simply picking a clean, working lens for his/her camera. Compare that with what faces a neophyte Nikon user. There are all sorts of Nikon lenses that people are warned to steer clear of. I own both the older 35/1.4 and one of the aspheric versions. The ASPH is definitely better at 1.4, but the older one still does the job wide open, and stopped down is essentially the same as the newer one, for all practical purposes. If you can get one at a fraction of the cost of the ASPH, go for it; it is a fine lens. And it is so small and lightweight, the very epitomy of Leica! Dan C. At 12:41 PM 03-09-98 -0500, Kip Babington wrote: >Andrew - > >Tom Shea is certainly right that the new ASPH is superior to the older >Summilux (at least from what I read), but the old one is no slouch. I >got one of the older models recently from a well known supplier [snip]