Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, The version I have is the one with serrated focus ring, black anodised mount and requiring an external sunshade. Jerry Marc James Small wrote: > 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 >