Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, The first version of the 35 Summilux Aspherical had two hand ground aspherical surfaces and was made in numbers less than 1,000. You can tell it by the fact that "aspherical" is spelled out on the front of the lens. The current 35 Summilux Asph has one blank moulded glass aspherical surface and says "ASPH" on the front of the lens. Picture quality between the two models is virtually the same. Cheers Howard Hong Kong At 3:50 AM -0800 15/3/03, Leica Users digest wrote: >Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 03:04:18 -0800 >From: "Richard F. Man" <richard@imagecraft.com> >Subject: [Leica] diff between versions of 35 Summilux Aspherical >Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030315030049.024c0908@192.168.100.11> >References: > >According to Erwin Puts: >http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/overview/listm.html , there are two >versions of the 35 Summilux Aspherical: 1992-1194 and "Current." Is the >only way to tell the difference is by the serial #? How about performance? >The 35 Summilux ASPH supposes to be amazing. Is it similar between these >two versions, or are both so good that it doesn't matter? > >Thanks - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html