Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, 22 April 2000, Johnny Deadman wrote: > > Haven't done the detailed test yet but I have shot enough with the summilux > 50 (about ten rolls) to give some first impresssions. > > Lens in question is a mid-sixties chrome version with absolutely crystal > clear glass which cost about 30% more than the Nokton. > > Bear in mind these are impressions from real-life use handheld with APX 400 > film, not photographing newspapers on APX 25 in Rodinal. Good thing or bad > thing? you decide. <big snip> >The Leica wins hands down for me, simply because the out of > focus areas look 'right' to me and with the Nokton they don't. Of course, > this is a personaly opinion and you may just think it's another Leica idiot > convincing himself he can count angels on the head of a pin, but I don't > think that's the case. Anyway, will put up some pix shortly and you can > judge for yourselves. > > Hope this helps... > > -- > Johnny Deadman Johnny, This sort of review is as valuable to me as Erwin's are and I'm looking forward to the comparison pix. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/