Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, knock me over with a feather...:-) I do know that he DID specifically compare the Summilux and the Nokton and gave the Nokton a slight edge, I believe in terms of contrast and sharpness, but I may be wrong on that. B. D. Feliciano di Giorgio wrote: > "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 > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html