Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:58 PM 10/4/98 -0700, you wrote: >You'd say the 50 Summilux is better at f/2 than the Summicron? I'd say that the new Summilux is Leica's latest 50mm design. Optics and mechanics. A new lens in 1998 must be as good as they can make. I'm not saying anything else. > >Also, do you mean the 19 and 28 are the best LEICA 19 and 28 lenses >or the best 19 and 28 lenses of any brand? > >Francesco Are you asking about any brand? Or asking about Leica? This is a Leica list and you asked about moving to a Leica SLR. So why would I even be thinking about some other brand? You asked a specific question about a product and I gave you my opinion on that product. Leica. > >> >>The 50/1.4 R is a newly designed lens and probably the best 50mm R lens >>available. The 19 & 28 are certainly the best available. I use the 28PC >>Super Angulon as my 28 and I'm extremely happy with it. And when needed, >>you can correct verticals as well as gain a little more DOF. >> >>Jim >> >