[Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V24 #47

[Edward Caliguri <caliguri@rcn.com>]

Thanks Kit-
    Yeah - I have the 'newer' version 50 Summilux in Black Paint on an LHSA
camera. It focuses to 0.7 meters - a BIT closer, but not much - just the
same as the 'regular' 50 f/2 Summicron. It's just that the Summilux that I
purchased a few years ago (in 'the white box') has the vented hood - metal -
and has that "old nostalgic - Alfred Eisenstadt " look, which I think is
pretty cool! The f-stops and writing on it (which say Leica, not Leitz) are
in the modern type script that the current lenses use, but it still has that
flat screw on the side as the older Summilux 50's had. I use it, and some
people see it and think it's a bit quirky... but it takes wonderful photos!
    Ed

> Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 11:43:46 -0700
> From: "Kit McChesney | Acmefoto" <kitmc@acmefoto.com>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica "old Style" 50 1.4 Summilux??
> Message-ID: <NDEIJCBGJPIEPDFEENCMCEIECHAA.kitmc@acmefoto.com>
> References: 
> 
> Ed--
> 
> 1)The Summilux 50mm f/1.4 you bought isn't the same as the Summicron f/2
> commemorative that has been introduced.
> 
> 2)The Summicron commemorative is not a replacement for the current Summicron
> 50mm f/2, but a special version.
> 
> 3)The Summilux 50mm f/1.4 has not been changed.
> 
> 4) The white boxes are the so-called "old" package design, but we get white
> and silver boxes all the time. Leica is just making a design change for
> packaging (in many cases this is for the better, as the foam packing is much
> heftier) from the white to the silver/black.
> 
> FYI--
> 
> Noctilux = f/1.0
> Summilux = f/1.4
> Summicron = f/2.0
> 
> Elmar and Elmarit can vary in terms of how they refer to f/stop
> designations.
> 
> Kit
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