[Leica] APO SUMMICRON 75

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Mark Rabiner wrote: 
 
>>A smaller glass to air surface is very Leica like to me. 
Low key. 
Small, light and cheap.<<

"Cheap?" Leica and cheap in a related thought? For God's sake man, I think 
your Lexar CF is outgassing. Or somebody's spritzing your pillow with fixer. 

Hmm...on the other hand, perhaps you hit the PowerBall and even Trump now 
looks like a chump. And all things European are mere trifles. If that's the 
case, congrats. 

Chris Lawson (Most likely that brother you never met.  But ought to. And 
soon.)  


> On 4/1/05 12:08 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> typed:
> 
> > APO or ASPH...... What difference does it make?  It is a new design, and 
> > the
> > words "APO" and "ASPH" are only relevant to marketing and manufacturing.
> > They connote a lot, but they mean nothing.  Performance counts, the rest 
> > is
> > marketing nonsense.....( boy, am I going to hear about that last 
> > comment...)
> > 
> > Remember... it is the same price as the 75/1.4 new, twice the price of a
> > used 75/1.4, it is a bit lighter  ( I remember 100g but don't trust me); 
> > and
> > it will be clinically sharp.  It will not have the Bokeh of the 75/1.4  
> > It
> > is apparently a bit shorter ( check again....) and a bit less in diameter
> > ( F1.4 vs. F2, it SHOULD be smaller).
> > 
> > If you want clinically accurate photography, get it.  If you want a 
> > "look"
> > get a 75/1.4.  If you have a 75/1.4, why would anyone want a slower lens,
> > other than the 100g and the smaller diameter?
> > 
> > And the faster shutter speed is "free" on the 75/1.4, if you use it wide
> > open.
> > 
> > Frank Filippone, who favors the faster 75, both for "the Look" and .the
> > speed and the price (used).
> > red735i@earthlink.net
> > 
> > 
> Size and balance are also big criteria for thinking about the new one over
> the old one Frank!
> And the idea and result of shooting with the latest of Leica optics vs. an
> optic which although not having what you'd call an "old fashioned" look
> "with extra heapings of Leica glow" but something with some of that
> resonance. 
> Heck when it first came out it said "Leitz" on it.
> 
> The current 75 1.4 is a bit of a monster.
> It would not go over well to redesign it with Aspherics making it more
> compact and correcting whatever "issues" it might actually have as its
> accused of having one or two.
> So another type of 75 is in order. A non high-speed type.
> But in this case not low speed either.
> 
> I love low speed lenses though.
> Not so much with SLR's as they make it hard to focus and see.
> But a Leica rangefinder why not? You're not LOOKING through the darned
> thing.
> 
> A smaller glass to air surface is very Leica like to me.
> Low key. 
> Small, light and cheap.
> 
> The lens I've been shooting with lately is the
> Cosina Voigtländer 25mm f 4 Snapshot Skopar Lens.
> F 4 and be there!
> 
> Love those focusing click stops!
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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