Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/08

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Subject: [Leica] Advice needed on 35mm lens for Leica M
From: feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli)
Date: Tue Mar 8 18:58:12 2005
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On Mar 8, 2005, at 6:58 PM, Richard wrote:

> Big is definitely relative. It's really not very big in absolute sense 
> - I have small hands and all and it fits just fine.


That's what I am saying. The ASPH dwarfs the original Lux, but not 
because it is huge, but because the non-ASPH Lux is really, really 
small. The ASPH Lux is about the size of a 1.4/50 Summilux, which is 
not a huge lens.

Feli



> At 06:46 PM 3/8/2005, Feli wrote:
>
>> 1.4/35 Lux ASPH
>> Stunning. You simply can't beat it, but it is the biggest of the 
>> bunch. Keep in mind that it's really no bigger
>> than a 1.4/50 Summilux, it's just that the old Lux was tiny. 
>> Expensive piece of glass.
>> I've borrowed and rented this lens a few times and want one dearly...
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
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