Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe one of the reasons they dropped the collapsible, apart from them being obviously more expensive to make, was that the reduced diameter of optics required to fit inside the collapsing tube limited the performance potential. If this was the case, and I believe I read it in a Jim Lager book, the current formula would not fit inside a collapsible mount. There are plenty of collapsible screw mount Summicrons about, it is the improved formula rigid screw mounts that are rare. Frank On 16 Jan, 2005, at 16:39, Neal Friedenthal wrote: >> If we're going with a collapsible normal lens, then I would like to >> see a collapsible 50/2 Summicron in LTM rather than the Elmar. If >> we're going to get nostalgic, let's go with a lens that has been >> discontinued. And let's go with the original 50/2 design (for that >> "old" fingerprint). > >> Jeffery > > If we are musing about what we would really want I would agree in part > with Jeffery, lets go with an f2 Summicron collapsible but in the > current formula. Why go back to the old formula when you could just > buy an old summicron. The current formula is a better lens, also > make it available in black. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >