Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well the 100mm APO R lens is no slouch - although it's not an M lens. ab On 11/12/05, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I forgot which came first the brand new cutting edge state of the art pie > in > the sky APO-SUMMICRON-M f/2/75 mm ASPH chicken or the SUMMILUX-M 50 mm > f/1.4 > ASPH egg. > > In the last decade Leica keeps upping the ante on what would probably be I > think partly because of faith in Erwin, partly experience and partly > knowledge of the photo world we live in The "Undisputed Champion" of the > World of 35mm format glass. > > And before that there was the > The APO-SUMMICRON-M 90 mm f/2 ASPH. > The SUMMICRON-M 28 mm f/2 ASPH. > And before and before and before in roughly that order. > > I thought a basic rule way before reading Erwin of lens design what that > the > "Normal lens" was the sharpest and easiest to make. Which always had a true > ring to it for me. > But you always here of 105's or 100's or other short teles as holding such > a > title. > I'd think it was not true and that the title would go to a 50. > So by rights of the laws of nature The "Undisputed Champion" of the World > of > 35mm format glass should belong to the SUMMILUX-M 50 mm f/1.4 ASPH. > Although the 75 could break even as its a stop slower and not having near > ultra fast glass problems. > > Anyone here have both lenses and what to weigh in? I'm all ears. > Anyone without both lenses want to gleefully BS to death in a most erudite > way? > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >