Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 5/29/04 4:20 PM, Jim Hemenway at Jim@hemenway.com wrote: > Thanks Doug, after scanning the Summilux 50mm postings from the last few > days, I thought that perhaps I should look into one with ASPH/floating > elements. Do they make better pictures? > > Jim > > Douglas Herr wrote: >> Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote: >> >> >>> I have a Leitz Wetzlar Summilux-R f1:4/50 S#31698xx, non-Rom, 3 cam lens >>> which I use on both the R8 and the SL. >>> >>> It has a very convenient one-part sliding lenshood which works quite >>> well, and the lens itself produces great photos... at least to my eye >>> and to a few brides. >>> >>> So, what am I missing? What do the newer 50mm Summilux lenses have that >>> I need? >> >> >> What you're missing is incompatability with the SL. Not something you need. >> >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > As far as I know the R lens does its tricks without aspherical surfaces or floating elements. Not having used one I can only repeat what I've heard, that optical performance of the new lens far outstrips that of the lens it replaced, particularly at the wider apertures. Whether you'll make better pictures or not I can't say ;-) Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com