Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan, I am talking about M. In my experience, my 50/2Rs were also a bit more prone to "flare" than those of N and Z lenses but not so prone to "veiling glare" as my 50/2Ms were. I have used two 50/2M of the current optical design (with and without a built-in hood) and found the one with a built-in hood was more prone to glare. It is very hard to understand, and I hope mine was exceptional (defective in some manner). I use a current 50/2.8M quite often. This is far more glare-resistant and a wonderful lens to me, although some say that its bokeh is rather harsh as compared with that of a 50/2M. I summarised my subjective comments on Leica optics at http://arbos.silva.net/comments.htm. Just have a look when you want to kill time. ;-) Cheers, Mikiro - --- At 5:51 AM +0100 4/12/99, Dan S wrote: >Are we talking about the M or the R. I have found the R to be flare prone, >but not the M. > >By the way Mikiro, are you still using the new formula Elmar 50? If so do >you still like it? The size and weight are looking attractive to me. > >Dan