[Leica] Another 75mm-Summilux-on-M8 example

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

>Yes I would agree Geoff's Summicron would outperform a lens which was
>designed many decades ago. And I always root for the slower glass.
>
>The 75 Summicron  f2is a lens I yearn for.
>The 75 Summilux 1.4 I don't.
>Its big and old.
>Or to put it more positively the Summicron is new and compact.
>
>
>
>Mark William Rabiner

But Mark, the Summilux also has a smoothness that the Summicron 
doesn't. The difference in 'sharpness' at any common aperture isn't 
huge between these two; certainly not as big as that between the old 
50 Summilux and the new ASPH, but the rendition difference is quite 
marked. There is a place for both lenses and I don't think I'm 
willing to give up that difference. At f/2 and f/2.8 the new lens has 
better mtf results, by by f/4 you'll be hard put to tell the 
difference. I have to say that most of the time I like the pictures 
the Summilux produces better than those of the Summicron, even though 
I carry the Summicron more due to the size.

And f/1.4 can often be useful.

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