[Leica] 35mm normal vs. ASPH or Spherical...Some nonsense

[buzz.hausner at verizon.net (Buzz Hausner)]

My Spherical 35 Summicron is Canadian made, serial #3465680 and, like
yours, is a wonderful lens, even wide open.  To be honest, I have never
done side by side comparisons of the Spherical's bokeh against the
Aspherical's at any aperture, however, I have noted that the over-all
effect of the Spherical is quite pleasing regardless of f-stop.

My wife, too, has a finely tuned nonsense meter which she liberally
applies to much tat I say and she's usually right.

        Best regards,

        Buzz

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf
Of John Collier
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 11:08 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm normal vs. ASPH or Spherical...Some nonsense

No apology required Buzz! You and I are talking about the same lens. I 
had a late German production one and it was a mighty fine lens -- 
except for the aforementioned problem with the aperture stopping at f2 
:-)

Please feel free to call my comments nonsense anytime you care to. You 
might be right. As a matter of fact I have an expert on my comments 
right next to me and she thinks just like you! (She just erupted with a 
"Hey!")

Again I did not mean to dis the lens. I meant to point out that its 
famous for its mid aperture bokeh not its wide open performance.

John Collier