Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Was there some mention that the Voigtlander 50f1.5 was as good as the 50 Summicron at the time?
From: Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 22:10:13 -0500
 
At 08:39 PM 2/25/03 -0500, Vick Ko wrote:
>Was there some mention that the original Voigtlander 50f1.5 was as good 
>as the 50 Summicron at the time?

Gads.  The 1.5/50 Nokton was as good as the 1.5/50 Zeiss Sonnar, and was
easier to produce.  Either one would -- and will -- blow the collapsible
Summicron into the weeds.

Marc

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