Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:21 PM 4/22/2007, Jerry Lehrer wrote: >Marc, > >Agreed, but the best Summitar I ever had was one with an asterisk after >the name. A local feather merchant talked me out that lens years ago. > >The only 50mm lens I can tolerate now is my pre-Asph Summilux.. Among >my dozens of lenses it is the ONLY 50mm lens I care to keep. >Except of course the 50mm Distagon for my H'blad. There are TWO versions of the pre-ASPH Summilux, Jerry. The first one was an upgraded Summarit which was an embarrassment for 1961, as it still couldn't match the performance of the 1933 1.5/5cm CZJ Sonnar. They finally went to the mattresses and reworked the design, quietly introducing an entirely new design in 1963, though not admitting this until 1966. (Leica still has never admitted that there are any design differences between the collapsible and rigid first-generation Summicrons.) Which version of the Summilux do you have, Jerry? Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!