Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, buy a used minty latest version 'Cron 50/2 for $600-650. I'm sure that you will be very pleased with it - it has high contrast, tack sharp from corner to corner, even wide open. Sell the 50'lux if you don't like it, it might even collect more than the Summicron you want to buy. I highly doubt Leica will update any of their 50mm M lenses, and if they would, one suspects it would be a 50/1.4 ASPH - for $2,500 or so... Cheers, p. - --- Jim Zietz <jzietz@lsu.edu> wrote: > I rejoined this group because I am considering getting a new Leica 50 > mm > lens. I was hoping to be able to find this groups opinion on the new > Summicron 50. I have a 50 Summilux from the 70's that I'm not totally > thrilled with. My other two lenses are the 35 Summilux-M Asph and the > 90 Apo > Summicron-M, which seem nearly perfect. The 50 just doesn't measure > up to > these. > > So, would a 50 Summicron-M be of comparable quality (resolution, > contrast, > etc.)? I'm afraid that if I buy a new lens, Leica will come out with > a new > Apo-Summicron 50 just to spite me. It seems to me that a new 50 is > due. > > -- > Jim Zietz > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html