Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have found since I had an M8 that my summilux is sharper wide open than I had thought but needs the focus adjusting. I suppose I could have noticed it using film, but I didn't - digital makes it so much more obvious. Do your test pictures allow the focus accuracy of the newer one you have found to be checked? Frank On 19 Apr, 2007, at 22:38, 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information