Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/12

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Subject: [Leica] Any opinions on the best 35mm LTM?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu Apr 12 21:02:09 2007



On 4/12/07 11:26 PM, "H. Ball Arche" <h_arche@yahoo.com> typed:

> For a direct quote from Tom's letter:
> 
> One of the unsung lenses in the Leica production is
> the 35/2,8 Summaron. If you don't need the speed, this
> is a great lens. Remember that to get high speed
> performance in a lens something usually got to give
> (size, weight or mid f-stop performance). The 35/2,8
> is as sharp as the other 35's at f4 and 5,6 and
> sometimes I suspect that they are sharper than the
> "faster" counterparts. They are also usually cheaper
> and in better condition than the used 35/2's and 1,4's
> as they most likely were bought by non-professionals
> and treated much more gently. I have a couple of these
> lenses and what always strikes me is the close-up
> performance (0,7 to 1,5 meters), noticeably better
> than the 35/2's or 1,4's.
> 
> --- Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> 
>>
Are they 2.8's or 3.5's mines a 3.5. And I like it that way.

Mark Rabiner
8A/109s
New York, NY

markrabiner.com



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