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Subject: [Leica] 50 Summilux..... Questions.....
From: michiel.fokkema at wanadoo.nl (Michiel Fokkema)
Date: Thu Apr 19 14:49:02 2007
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Hi,

My black version 50 is quit a bit sharper wide open than my 35.

Cheers,

Michiel Fokkema

Frank Filippone wrote:
> I have found a 50 Summilux pre ASPH that I am interested in.  Now, I 
> already have a non-built in shade version, which I find sharp
> and contrasty.
> 
> The lens I am offered appears a bit soft wide open.....   I find it closer 
> to my 35 Summilux, which is not all that sharp.
> 
> For you with 50 Summilux, regardless of vintage or version, how sharp is 
> your lens wide open?
> 
> PS.. I don't buy lenses of F1.4 to use stopped down, so comments about the 
> stopped down performance go in one ear and out the
> other... I want to know about wide open, F1.4.
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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