Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Al Yes indeed, that Summarex was about the heaviest lens for it's size that I have ever used. Quite a piece of glass and brass. Chrome plated of course. Back then, I was happy to see the end of it when I switched to the M series. Shouldda kept it! Jerry firkin wrote: > John Collier writes: > > > As there was a 1.5/85 Summarex (some early ones marked 1.5/90) may be the > > catalogue writers made a mistake. > > > > John Collier > > I suspect you are correct. The Summarex was an expensive piece of glass in > its day, and has a "finger-print", which I rather like. Sort of "glow" when > used wide open, especially noted on colour film. > > Cheers > Alastair Firkin @ work ;-) > > http://www.afirkin.com > http://www.familyofman2.com > > -- > 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