Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh, you have the test negatives to prove it? Why didn't you say so in the first place, Jerry. I now stand corrected and concede that the 40/2.0 was the sharpest spherical lens ever sold by Leica. Over the years I have used a great many...but certainly not all...M mount lenses. Each of them (with the exception of the 135/2.8 Tele-Fido) was in its own way wonderful. Maybe some are sharper than others, I for one certainly don't notice, especially since I take pictures hand held and rarely print larger than 16X20s. Maybe you're actually right, Jerry, and the forty IS "sharper" (whatever that means...and let the argument ring forth) than a fifty Summicron. Neither of these lenses fits in my "ideal kit" in any case (which case includes an M-6 classic, a spherical 35 Summicron, and the much-maligned skinny Tele-Elmarit, neither of which would win any sharpness contest). Buzz Hausner - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 9:59 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] The 40/2.0 Was Sharp, But... Buzzz To answer your first question ; NO To answer your second question: Yes, and I have the test negatives to prove it. No, I'm not a "missionary" for Leica. Jerry Buzz Hausner wrote: > ...perhaps a smidgen of hyperbole here? The 40/2.0 was a very fine and > sharp lens, but sharper than the 50 Summicron or the 135 Tele-Elmar? > That said, I greatly regret selling my forty, although I have not for a > moment missed the CL that went with it. Don't get me started on the > troubles with the CL! > > Buzz Hausner > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry > Lehrer > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 7:50 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: CL Lense designs & other Leica Minolta history. > > Manny > > You are complaining about a lens which was never produced for > sale. The 40mm f2 was probably the sharpest non-aspheric lens > that Leitz ever sold. The f2.8 was a non-starter. > > Jerry > > -- > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html