Re: [Leica] lens sample variations

[D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>]

Dan Honemann wrote:
>I remember Dick Hemingway once posting that he had owned four 35/1.4 asph's
>over the years, and that two of them were great and the other two were
>mediocre at best.  That 50% success rate has me wondering if others have
>noticed sample variation in Leica glass.
>
>For those like me who will never own more than one sample of any lens, it's
>an unsettling thought to consider that you may have one of the sub-par
>variations.  On the one hand, if you don't notice it, who cares; on the
>other, why pay all this money for the very best optics if you end up
>receiving the equivalent of a much lower priced lens?

Soooo.......best thing to do is to just own one and use it and don't compare. 

Dan K.