Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"B. D. Colen" wrote: > Believe it or not, he was comparing the Summarit and Nocton. I have a print out of the mail in front of me, dated Sun, 13th April 1997 LUG. Maybe one too many after dinner schnaps? ;-) feli > Forgive me if I'm in error here, but I believe the comparison is between > a 50 Summilux - not Summarit - and the 50 Nokton. And it's not > surprising that the Nokton - even at its bargin basement price - would > have the edge, given that it is a modern aspherical lens and the 50 > Summilux was last tweaked in, when, the mid-60s. The Summilux, btw, > certainly has the edge is build quality, but that is true of all Leica > lenses when compared to those of virtually any other manufacturer. But > the Nokton is a very nice fast 50, not matter what it's compared to. > > B. D. > > B. D. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html