Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]michaeljohnston@ameritech.net writes: << I really think this is true. It is superlative from f/2 to f/4, very good (but not better than certain others) thereafter. f/2 is a very usable aperture with the Summicron. >> I recently bought an 50mm f/2 Summicron one and am impressed. However, it does alliviate the desire for an f/1.0 lens. I think this minor obsession can be traced to the old Canon f/0.95. The appeal is not unlike that of my long-departed 1979 CBX. While truly a wonder in its time, today it is easily bested in every performance category by motorcycles barely half its displacement. Of course, none can compete with sheer outrageous statement of a 24-valve, transverse six-cylinder engine that sounds for all the world like a Formula 1 race car engine revved in anger. Chris Lawson