Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/22

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Subject: [Leica] New Zeiss lenses compared against Leica
From: enitka1 at comcast.net (ernie nitka)
Date: Wed Dec 22 12:42:40 2004
References: <B5D8D618-5448-11D9-8D4E-003065D5F760@earthlink.net> <005b01c4e857$674aa340$6401a8c0@ccapr.com>

B.D.  - recently acquired the G1 with 35/2 - MAINLY to get the 35/2 as I 
found it to be a very very capable 35.  I still love it but I've also 
fallen in love with the first version of the 35/2 Leica M - the bokeh is 
truly amazing.

ernie

At 11:52 AM 12/22/2004, you wrote:
>I don't find it hard to believe that it matches it, Feli. I'm sure this
>is NOT your father's Planar. I owned and used the lenses for the G1 for
>a while - I got rid of the outfit because the autofocus was so
>attrocious on the G1 - and my feeling is that in real world use, those
>lenses were every bit as good as their Leica equivalents. In fact, some
>of the results I got were really stunning. Sure, there's a huge
>technological difference between a 1955 planar and a the new asph 50
>summilux, but I wouldn't be on this being a re-issue of a 50s lens. ;-)
>
>B. D.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>Feli
>Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:39 PM
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Leica] New Zeiss lenses compared against Leica
>
>
>I find it very difficult to believe that the 1.4/50 Planar outperforms
>or matches the new Lux-ASPH or LUX-R. The Planar is a very good lens
>but, there is a huge technological difference between it and the Lux
>ASPH. What lenses did they compare? Anyone? Karen?
>
>feli
>
>
>
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