Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmmm. There's that current Elmar-M and the penultimate Lux popping up in the list again.... Scott Will von Dauster wrote: > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information