Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/16

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Is the 50 Summilux-M the poor cousin?
From: "ksherman" <ksherman@cottenmusic.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 12:05:14 -0600

John,
If the 50/1.4 has a built-in shade, it's the new (close focusing) model. ;-)
kim

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John Straus
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:03 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Is the 50 Summilux-M the poor cousin?

on 1/16/02 10:45 AM, Mark Rabiner at mark@markrabiner.com wrote:

> Ray Moth wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for your responses to this question; you've satisfied my
>> curiosity! The consensus seems to be that the 50 Summilux-M is a very
>> respectable lens but that it doesn't attract much comment these days
>> because it's been around, relatively unchanged, for so many years.
>>
>
>
> The made it focus closer. That's a big change!

Thanks for the reminder! Is it the latest model that has closer focus or was
it introduced earlier...? If someone has a starting serial # that be great
for when I look for one .

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