Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:06 PM 10/4/98 -0700, you wrote: >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. I just saw some Ektachrome 100 (the new stuff) run through the 50 Summilux R. I have to say, it has to be at least as good as the 50 Summicron R. Outstanding quality. >>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? I would say yes to both - even though there is some doubt that the 28 R being better than the M, I have heard two people who own both say the R is better. One is Pete Stone, ASMP local chapter prez. in Portland, Or. - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch I used to have a handle on life, then it broke