Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Scott, I have had and used pretty much every Leica made 50mm except the Noctiluxes, and all have some pluses and minuses. But the three 50s I have kept are the last pre-asph Summilux, the current Elmar-M, and a 1950 Elmar f3.5. The Elmar-M is usable, in my experience, wide open. But if I had to grab one 50mm for an assignment, it would be the Summilux. Hope this helps. Will von Dauster --------------------------------- Boulder, Colorado --------------------------------- On Mar 25, 2005, at 3:54 AM, Scott McLoughlin wrote: > I guess my M-mount candidates are the current Summicron, the pre-ASPH > Summilux and the Elmar-M. > > The Elmar-M is a tessar based design like my Nikon 45P, so wonder if > that is what I'm looking for. It's a little slow, but then I can > always shoot HP5 at EI 800, or go out and buy a really fast 35 Lux :-) > > The Summicron is the summicron. I read that close-up performance is > excellent. Is this a "do no wrong" 50mm legendary lens. > > And then the Lux. Don't know much about this one. Most discussions > talk about it's low-light performance, but I do hear mention of a > beloved "look." I'd like to learn more about this one.