Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dante, As many of us have said, the early 35 Summilux is such a wonderful lens but it has a different set of criteria to the present (asph) version. Don't try the newspaper on the wall test as you'll think its poor, it's curved field makes such a test worthless, but if you want the closest bokeh (look) to a Noctilux at F1 then this, I think, is as close as it gets. Lovely for dark clubs and pubs, etc. The curved field comes toward you at the corners which can be handy when placing foreground interest near you. Unlike the lens fitted to the Olympus Pen W (Wide) which worked in the opposite way, I'd photographed a sequence of posts some eighteen inches away yet at the top corners I could count the bricks on houses that were 400 yds distant! regards, Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Dante A Stella [SMTP:dante@umich.edu] Has anyone done a comparison? How bad is the 35/1.4 pre-aspherical version wide open? I am thinking about getting some extra light but not as expensively as the 35/1.4 ASPH. Erwin's comparative evaluations disappeared when he started the new site. Thanks Dante