Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rabs, Well, from what I have read, the 15/2.8 was a pretty hot lens with stellar performance. I would also like to have the 90 Summicron Asph, and the 21 to 35 Vario lens which is also been rated pretty stellar. If I had the 21 to 35 Vario, I would probably be carrying my R8DMR more often for daily use. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2010 10:51:49 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] 21mm f1.4 Summilux - the next "must have?" > I did not think there were any new R lenses, so his comment made me think I > had missed something along the way. Gene There were two notable new R lenes since I've been on the lug The new 50 I just mentioned. Lots of moveable parts on the inside lots of money. But not for the M we were all bummed out. And what began as a new Super Angulon ultra wide but ended up as a very high end compromise. JSK (Schneider-Kreuznach and the People in Solms did not see eye to eye along the way. I think it was the Leica 15mm f/2.8 Super-Elmarit-R ASPH ? 2001 that I must be thinking about. As 2001 was about five minutes ago and I'm very ADD. Super-Elmarit instead of Super Angulon. Sound the same if you say it real fast and blur your words. An earlier version was Leica 15mm f/3.5 Super-Elmar-R ? 1980 (Carl Zeiss design) The key seems to be Leica doesn't use the term Super (Zuper) if they are using outside lens design (their competition) hired guns. Mercenaries. Oh and the Leica 90mm APO-Summicron-R ASPH ? 2002 was ported over to the R. It was all done in the software. I would want to be using on my R8 a Leica 21mm?35mm f/3.5?f/4.0 Vario-Elmar-R zoom ? 2002 [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information