Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw Mount Lens
From: Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 05:37:47 -0600 (CST)
 
>MOST< non Leitz SM lenses were better than the then-current Leitz 
lenses....
Walt

On Tue,
19 Jan 1999 inyoung@jps.net wrote:

> Hello,
> 
>  I was browsing some of the dealer's website today to find the 105/4.5 Pam
> Britar at Ken-Mar Camera in New York.  The price to my surprise was $495.
> Is it one of the rare beasts or special lenses in Leica SM?  Does anyone
> have any info or experience?
>  Somebody in Canada told me the other day that the Canon 100/2 rangefinder
> lens in Leica SM was sharper and contrastier than the 90 Summicron.  He
> said that the comments came from one of his Leica expert friends.  Can
> anyone comment on this comments?  I have never heard that any Leica screw
> mount copies were better than the Leica lenses.
> 
> Thanks,
> David
>