Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, I was going to mention that about 3 hours ago, but thought it would get things hot around here. I have a 50/2 Sonnar and 50/1.5 Sonnar, but haven't used them nearly enough. I have a Contax IIa that is in good working order. I need to put it through its paces. What impresses me about the new 40/1.4 Nokton is that it is closer in size to the 50/1.5 Sonnar (rather than the 50/1.5 Nokton). Jeffery On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:51:42 -0800, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: > What! You forgot about the 50mm F1.5 Sonnar that started the horse race > so many decades ago? > S. Dimitrov > > > On Jan 8, 2005, at 4:49 PM, Bill Marshall wrote: > > > Whoa, Nellie! Before we give anyone the wrong impression here. We're > > talking about comparing the Zeiss 35 & 50 to Summicrons - not Elmars. > > As well as the 85. The 21 & 24 are as fast as anything Leica makes. > > And the 15/2.8 is the fastest of its type on the market. Anyway, > > except for the old Sonnars, the Zeiss philosophy has never been too > > invoved with the speed race. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > Slobodan Dimitrov > Photography > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >