Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/27

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Subject: [Leica] Re: 75/1.4 Summilux-M
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 09:02:49 -0500

I have and use one often. I find the contrast (I shoot mostly black and
white) wide open to be very good with sharpness _slightly_ diminished.
Close up focusing is VERY critical. I use it mostly for portraits and in
dimly lit industrial settings, along with the Noctilux.

Ken Wilcox

At 12:30 PM 11/27/99 +0000, D Khong wrote:
>Friends
>
>I am thinking of purchasing this lens at a rather decent price. I would
>like to know how's the performance of this lens used WIDE open at f1.4. Any
>quirks or weaknesses that one should know about?
>
>Question for the users - What do you use this lens to shoot most of the time?
>
>TIA.
>
>Dan K.
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