Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/25

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Subject: RE: [Leica] FS: 35mm Summicron ASPH and IIIf with Summitar
From: Steve Hickel <smhickel@iserv.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 22:11:20 -0500

What is the court's opinion of the 35 asph 2.0? Is this a lens deserving of
daily use and why?

Thanks in advance

steve

At 08:37 AM 3/24/00 -0800, you wrote:
>It is an upgrade indeed: No loss in image quality and the gain of a full
>stop. In my book, that's an upgrade - not to say that if you don't need the
>extra stop, there's no upgrading the Summicron ASPH. :-)
>B. D.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark
>Rabiner
>Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 4:48 AM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] FS: 35mm Summicron ASPH and IIIf with Summitar
>
>
>Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>
>> Friends,
>>
>> I have an opportunity to upgrade my 35mm M lens to a Summilux at a
>> reasonable price, and to fund it, I am selling the following items:
>>
>> 1)  35mm Summicron-M ASPH (latest version, serial no. 3785xxx). Bought
>><Snip>
>
>Is moving to the Summilux from the  35mm Summicron-M ASPH an upgrade?
>I'm not sure that's necessarily so.
>Mark Rabiner
>
>
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