Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]2001-09-07-16:48:06 Rodgers, David: > I heard something similar to your statement from a Leica rep a while back. > Improving performance of current 50/1.4 M would require increasing the size > of the lens. The current 50/1.4 is excellent. Apparently any performance > gain wouldn't justify the increase in size. Yeah, but... I've been blown away by the look of the new 50/1.4 R lens wide open. I really really wish I could have that lens or the equivalent on the body I use several times more often for that focal length. Even if it were, say, Nokton-sized. (Although I betcha those clever lasses and lads in Solms could do better).