Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pitak wrote : > Leica just released the new 50mm f/1.4 Summilux-R within a year or two ago. > It does not have an aspheric element in it. I doubt if the 50mm f/2.0 Summicron-M > will get an aspheric element in the near future. Sorry, but the last version of the 50 summilux dates from 1995. And this is only a cosmetic change ( build-in lenshood ). The optical formula dates from 1961 ! The optical formula of the present summicron dates from 1980. cosmetically, it was changed in 1994 (build-in lenshood, suppression of the lateral hand-lever) C. Louis