Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/23

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Subject: RE: [Leica] 35mm Noctilux
From: Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 13:34:19 -0700

I'd personally be plenty happy with the rumoured 28 Summicron - wider than
the 35, faster than the current offering, but no external finder.

Paul
 
> Canon's 24 mm f/1.4 lens has, I believe, a 72 mm filter front. As does
> Nikon's 28 mm f/1.4. Seems like that would be quite the 
> viewfinder blocker, and therefore impracticle, on an M camera.
> 
> But Nikon's 24 mm f/2 lens has just a 52 mm filter front. And 
> I'd think
> modern aspherics could make such a lens smaller and/or lighter and/or
> optically better than the Nikon (and the 24 f/2 Nikkor is no slouch to
> begin with). That seems entirely practical -- and a realistic 
> hope -- for the M system.