Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/25

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Subject: [Leica] Heliar 50mm f3.5
From: jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:34:47 -0500
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And the bokeh is perfect. Nothing distracting, no flare problems. 
Wonderful lens. They should have made a fixed lens compact with it.

H. Ball Arche wrote:
> I remember that when it first came out the Heliar 50/3.5 was reviewed in 
> Mod. Photo. as being the sharpest 50 they'd ever tested.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "lrzeitlin at aol.com" <lrzeitlin at aol.com>
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Sent: Sun, October 25, 2009 5:52:21 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Heliar 50mm f3.5
>
> Jeffery writes:
> That 50/3.5 is worth its weight in gold if you can stand the small
> aperture. I hope the build quality of the tube is upgraded from the
> earlier one.
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> But how does it compare to the Elmar 50mm f3.5? I have a couple of those. 
> Is it worth $1000 USD more?
> Larry Z
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com) ([Leica] Heliar 50mm f3.5)
Message from h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche) ([Leica] Heliar 50mm f3.5)