Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff A Summarit is nothing but a coated Xenon. However, since a Xenon has TEN glass to air surfaces, it is an enormous improvement. When you had it cleaned and "de-fungus'd", did you have it recoated? Xenons always had superb bokeh, before I knew what bokeh was. Jerry "Jeffery L. Smith" wrote: > I bought a badly fungused 50/1.5 Summarit that I had cleaned by FocalPoint. > Other than that, it is pristine (had the original Leitz UV filter on it > which had probably never been removed. However, since it was out being > cleaned for months, I never got into the swing of shooting with it. > > Anyone out there who can give me some background (characteristics) of this > lens. My Leica M book suggests that it was an improvement over its > predecessor, but isn't up to Summilux standards. I've never seen so many > diaphragm blades on a lens, so I assume that the bokeh won't look like the > Pentagon. > > What are this lens's strongest points? > > Jeffery Smith > > -- > 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