Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/06

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Subject: [Leica] Screw the Nocti...
From: leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:00:59 -0700
References: <D1478658.36E9E%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Erwin Puts:
"The Summicron-M 2/28 mm ASPH. is one of the crown jewels in the Leica 
scuderia of lenses. It is a superb lens and after twelve years in 
production still not surpassed."



On 4/5/2015 9:39 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> Maybe  on this thing we should find the specs. The MTF graphs. And or some
> reviews by people who sound like they may know what  they're talking about.
> Instead of relying on capricious or even malicious chat group gossip.
> I can speak for the finish of the lens a chrome version which looked top
> Leica quality to me. If that accounts for much.
>
>
> On 4/6/15 12:24 AM, "Gene duprey" <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
>> Interesting.  i remember several years ago everyone was praising the 28 
>> Chron.
>> I wonder what has changed?
>>
>> Gene
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2015 3:06:51 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw the Nocti...
>>
>> If I do street documentary, I would get a 28mm (again) for sure. I did 
>> most
>> of my "Occupy" series with the 35 or 50mm, and I definitely would have
>> loved a 28mm.
>>
>> Fortunately, the 28mm Cron is the unloved Leica-child, so one can get it
>> for around $2500 now. A bargain compares to the Nocti :-)
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 12:28 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Mark, I think you should go back a reread your books ;-)
>>>
>>> john
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mark Rabiner
>>> Sent: Monday, 6 April 2015 6:08 a.m.
>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw the Nocti...
>>>
>>> Most of us and most photographers I've ever met unless they were just
>>> starting out had both a 28 and a 24. Nobody ever didn't have either. That
>>> would be crazy. Its always been a basic focal length. Its one of the 
>>> frame
>>> lines in M's since the M2 in 1957.
>>>
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