Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm f.2 Summicron ASPH vs 35mm f1.4 Summilux ASPH
From: Lucien <director@ubi.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 18:26:05 +0200
References: <p05001900b5f7c363de0a@[128.122.171.234]>

Denice Martone wrote:
 
>    ......."We know more than we can use ... and we don't know nearly
> enough."  Susan Sontag, from I Etcetera, 1979.
snip
> So I'm thinking Summicron for a 50mm lens.
> But, I'm getting the idea (from this list) that I should go with the
> older f2 non asph's because they are both a good value and good
> performers, vs new 50mm asph.  Has anyone switched from 50mm non-asph
> to asph and could you comment on the difference of the resulting
> image? Sorry if I missed a proffered website that showed this
> comparison.

Denice,

I think it will be on the following link around September 2002.

<http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/mseries/testm/scronhist.html>

;-)

Lucien

In reply to: Message from Denice Martone <denice.martone@nyu.edu> ([Leica] 35mm f.2 Summicron ASPH vs 35mm f1.4 Summilux ASPH)