Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank und Frank I have found after over half a century of Leica use, that my pre Asph 50mm Summilux is the best 50mm lens that I have ever used. I have owned and/or used almost every 50mm lens made in Leica or Nikon mounts, and all fall short of the image quality of that f1.4 Summilux. BTW, the focus accuracy appears to be spot on. And that lens essentially cost me nothing, as it was thrown in on an M3 I bought for a kilobuck. Granted the M3 needed a CLA. Jerry Frank Dernie wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> >>