Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/13

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Subject: [Leica] Summilux vs. Summicron
From: "Richard J. Wyble" <rwyble@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:07:32 -0400 (EDT)
 
The meandering nature of "threads" in this mailing list is amusing and
at times entertaining.. occasionally educational. :)

But if I may repeat a question which SOMEHOW vered off into a discussion
of lens hoods.

I own and use a (just) pre-aspheric 35mm Summicron, a current 50mm
Summicron-M, and a current 90mm Elmarit-M. A faster lens would be of
considerable use to me.

And so I ask what I might gain and what I might loose by selling the
50mm Summicron and picking up a late-70's vintage 50mm Summilux?
Specifically, what will I gain and what will I loose in terms of image
quality? Perhaps in an ideal world I might own both but not being
amongst the wealthy I can't afford it so it's not an option.

  rwyble@erols.com
  Richard J. Wyble