Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]TSL wrote: > > From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net> > > >>>The 50 Summicron has been lens all other 50mm lenses have > been compared against for decades (but not usually zooms) and defines > "Leica"<<< > > <<<<Pardon, but this is propaganda. It hasn't been true for at least a snip > - --Mike > >>>>>>> > > It's a good line - that limits of feasability thing, makes the boxes look > good. > The real question is what is the "50" that is the reference? Who? > There's no answer - and if there was it would be a joke to many that The 50 > Leica would get an honorable mention. > I'm not saying yes/no on this just then who? Nobody else would sound right. > I think most of us read through the post above like it was nothing to > consider. like reading the paper. I'm not quite seeing the About and Costello possibilites here TSL! Having read a heck of a lot of lens reviews for 34 years it all boils down every time to when they introduce a new lens: How does it stack up the the Leica 50mm Summicron? Mark Rabiner