Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As the Puts' book is strictly concerned with optical design, there really is not any difference. If and when I buy one though, it will be the later one which focuses to 0.7m. John Collier > From: "Michael Reichmann" <mreichmann@home.com> > > Sorry for the type, I meant f/1.4 of course, refering to the 50mm f/1.4 > Summilux. > > While I understand that the third version (if such is the case) is optically > similar to the 1962 second version, isn't the fact that the 1995 version is > cosmetically different, has a different filter diameter, weight, and close > focus distance enough to qualify it as a new version? > > Frankly, it matters little, but other books (such as Satorius' "Indentifying > Leica Lenses" lists it as a third version yet Puts doesn't. >