Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>At 10:31 pm +0100 8/2/99, drodgers@nextlink.net wrote: >>My 50/2 Summicron R has flared dramatically on several occasions. >snip--- > >I was not satisfied with the three 50 mm Summicrons (the latest version) I >owned in terms of flare control, although I liked them in every other >respect. I cannot comment on SL and the first generation Summicron-R. > >-- >Mikiro Mori >Strasbourg, Europe >http://www.members.tripod.com/arbos3/cigogne/index.html - ------- I don't know about flare on the R 50 Summicron, but I can tell you it's a great lens in terms of sharpness wide open, color balance, and dimensionality (it produces images in four, count 'em four, dimensions). And I can thank Harrison McClary for the lens. I actually prefer it to the new Summilux R 50, of which I tried more than one. John McLeod