Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That makes sense since the Noctilux and 50mm Summilux R both require 60mm filters. Tom > I asked a Leica rep recently if there were plans to update the 50/1.4 > Summilux M, in light of the recent 50/1.4 R reformulation. He said that he > wasn't aware of any plans. He said that in order to significantly improve in > the 50/1.4 M optically, they found they'd have to make it as big as a > Noctilux. I assume by "they" he meant Leica's R&D group. He didn't elaborate > specifically. But that was the inference. Granted, this is just hearsay.