Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/21
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Franck Maubuisson wrote:
>As there is some discussions about the summicron, here's my experience
>
>I bought a new one in early 1992 and found it disappointing and not worth its
>price..
>Well, it's not really bad, but if I want sharpness, I use another camera.
>Good contrast and colors, but unsufficient sharpness, always have to use
it between
>f/4 and f/8 if I want good pictures.
>I never could get a really good 30x40 enlargement.
>(my Canon FD 2/35 is much sharper.)
>but it gives good slides for projection...
>
>By the way, does anyone knows if a f 3,5/35 summaro would be better at
f/11 or f/16
>?
>
>Franck
>
I wonder if you are still using this lens? What pictures are you taking
which demands such a high degree of sharpness from a lens?
If you are not happy with the summicron, I doubt you will be happy with the
summaron.
Dan K.
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