Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/11

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Monochrome
From: ken at iisaka.com (Ken Iisaka)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 13:03:09 -0700
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5: Don't forget the humble but excellent Summarit whose design is
essentially identical to that of the non-APO Summicron.

Leica has the most complete portfolio of 50mm lenses: 0.95, 1.0, 1.2, 1.4,
2.0, 2.5, 2.8, 3.5...

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Frank that is true of course. That really applies to the entire system and
> good technique is always a critical component (and my M9 is regularly on a
> good tripod).
> A little lost in the announcement and subsequent disussion thus far is that
> this lens will be an additional high end option (like the new Noctilux) not
> a replacement for the current Summicron. That means a range of four 50mm
> available (in theory!)
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
>
> On 12 May 2012 03:36, FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> > The potential may well match those specs but will this potential actually
> > be realised without a tripod? I would have thought hand held will mean
> only
> > a part of the full potential will be realised, as usual.
> > Frank
> >
> >
> >
> > >________________________________
> > > From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>
> > >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > >Sent: Friday, 11 May 2012, 18:13
> > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Monochrome
> > >
> > >
> > >On May 10, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Ken Iisaka wrote:
> > >
> > >> The information contained in a 18M monochromatic image is quite equal
> to
> > >> that of a 4x5 camera with a high-resolution film / lens or digital
> > medium
> > >> format cameras. The ability to hand hold a compact camera to capture
> > such
> > >> an extraordinary level of details is quite appealing, though in
> limited
> > >> circumstances.
> > >
> > >?in a nutshell
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >George Lottermoser
> > >george at imagist.com
> > >http://www.imagist.com
> > >http://www.imagist.com/blog
> > >http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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-- 
Ken Iisaka
first name at last name dot org or com


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