Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Okay, I now there are several 50s freaks out there. No, not as in baby boomers or as in Bill Haley fans;^) ? I mean 50mm lens afficianados. I didn?t much care a 50 until I started using Leica. I have become quite attached to them though. Without intention, I find myself with three 50s now: a Summitar LTM (980 xxx Wetzlar), a second generation ?Cron (209x xxx Wetzlar ~?65-6 chrome), and a fifth version ?Cron (316x xxx Canada ~?81-2 black). I understand the size advantages of the Summitar collapsed and that it?s not a bad performer. I am just now starting using the chrome second version. I am more accustomed to the black fifth (my first leica lens). So far, the most disturbing thing about the older version is the infinity lock which bugs me on distant focusing by locking at inopportune times. It just seems something else to distract. I have not yet shot enough to distinguish performance differences. Anyway, what are your ideas on the relative virtues of each of these? Are there advantages to each? Is there a time to use one over the other? Thanks for any thoughts you folks may have. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies