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Subject: RE: [Leica] 1st version expensive 35mm Summilux vs latest
From: "Anders Nygren" <anygren@attglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 09:34:21 -0600

De: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>


>What was it we said on that I remember something about 2 aspherical
elements
>being better or worse than one but I'm not sure if the early expensive
ground
>version was supposed to be better than the current pressed soft glass cheap
>version. Or not. And why. I'd search the archive but I'm not sure how on
this
>particular question. Post me privately if you think this would be a
skipping
>record discussion.

I got the impression from the last (?) discussion on this that optically
they are
equal but the the first version is more expensive because of its rarity,
with
associated collectors premium. I think the name of that thread was
"FS: 35 mm Asph", or something like that, (at least it was FS: something).

/Anders Nygren