Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The other obvious alternative is the recently continued modern LTM Summilux. I think there are still a few dealer who have new ones. Ken Wilcox At 7:00 AM -0700 4/26/02, Javier Perez wrote: >Howdy >It's a very old design. I think it was based on a >prewar Schneider Xenon. The only other option in the >Leitz camp if you have a screw mount camera would be a >screw mount Summilux if you can find one and are >willing the ridiculous price. The summarit isn't a bad >lens but it's prone to flare and gets blown away by >both the Summilux and the old Zeiss Sonnar. One >alternative might be the >Nokton from Voigtlander > >http://www.cosina.com/nokton50.htm > >See Ya >Javier > >--- Mark Kronquist <mak@teleport.com> wrote: >> on 4/25/02 5:12 AM, David C. Mason at dcm@pobox.com >> wrote: >> >> > >> > What can people tell me about the Summarit-M >> 50/1.5 - I have a chance >> > to get one cheap but I really don't know much >> about this lens. >> > >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Dave >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> cheap and nasty. Unloved and from my experience >> rightly so. But others might >> have a different view. Buy a CV Nokton thanks Mark >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more >http://games.yahoo.com/ >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- _____________________ Ken Wilcox klw.51 at comcast.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html