Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Zeiss vs. Leica in 50/1.4
From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: 19 Mar 2001 11:07:51 -0800

On Mon, 19 March 2001, Douglas Cooper wrote:

> 
> I don't have the Popular Photography report handy, but it determined that
> the Zeiss 50/1.4 was the best lens of that type ever made.  (In the f2
> department, I believe it was the Summicron, although I'm not sure.)
>

The Popular Photography report compared the Zeiss lens with the previous version of the 50mm Summilux-R.  The current version of the 50mm Summilux-R (E60 filters) is a major improvement.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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