Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This may require an appology from me. Is the fourth version to which you refer the last 35 Summicron prior to the aspherical? I am not much of a gear-head and do not keep track of lens versions, et cetera. The only 35 Summicrons on which I am qualified to comment are the LAST spherical version and the aspherical. The last spherical is a very fine lens, even wide open, and does exhibit exceptional bokeh. If the "fourth version" is not this lens, then I appologize for calling the usually redoubtable John Collier's comments "nonsense." Buzz Hausner > > From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> > Date: 2004/11/19 Fri AM 10:08:11 EST > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm normal vs. ASPH or Spherical...Some nonsense > > Hi Buzz, > > My point is that the 35/2 fourth version is NOT famous for its wide > open boke. People read that the 35/2(4th) is famous for its boke and > automatically assume that means it is famous for its wide open boke. > Far from it, in fact it is criticized for its wide open boke. BTW > "aberration laden fuzz" is a quote from that famous article that > started it all in NA. > > John Collier