RE: [Leica] 35mm, 90mm, and now 50 mm?

[Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>]

The 35/2.0 ASPH produces amazing images.  I don't have enough experience yet
with the 24  to say whether it will do the same thing, though I suspect it
will.  Lots of people on the list are impressed with that lens.

It's not the aspherical surfaces per se that are making the difference.
It's that Leica has dedicated themselves to calculating a new generation of
lens designs that are a significant step up from the previous generation.
The use of aspherical surfaces is just one more tool on the workbench, along
with new glasses, new optical formulae, better computers and software etc.
etc.

Now that they've announced the 28/2.0, the next obvious target for a
makeover would be the 50/1.4.  Then the question would not be "which one do
I get?" it would be "how long do I have to save?"

Paul

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matt Morgan [mailto:mattmorgan@pdseurope.co.uk]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 9:46 AM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm, 90mm, and now 50 mm?
>
>
>Paul,
>
>I don't really `test' any lenses, but having had a complete break from
>photography for a few years, and then getting back into Leica 
>recently with
>an M6 & 35mm f2 ASPH, the `freshness' of my eyes meant that I was truly
>stunned by the quality of the pictures I got back with this 
>lens. Even with
>family `snap-shots', other people are also amazed by that `Leica look'
>contained within the pictures.
>IMHO, the 35mm ASPH 'cron is an incredible lens. However, I'm 
>not sure yet
>if the 50mm 'lux is producing that extra edge, but I've only 
>had it a few
>weeks so far. Obviously it's all top-end stuff we're 
>discussing here, but
>I'm very focussed on getting the best I can, so money is 
>slightly secondary
>when determining the full optimum kit.
>I know nothing of the technical side of these things, so is it the ASPH
>making the difference?
>I haven't seen the results from the 24mm ASPH I bought last 
>week yet, so it
>will be interesting to see if I get the same `wow' effect.
>
>Matt.