Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 04:37:45

At 21:15 20/03/98 EST, you wrote:
><<  If I were to swap a rigid 50mm Summicron for a collapsible (to make the
> camera more pocketable), would I be throwing away very much performance?
>  >>
>
>You would loose a little at 2.8 and 4.0.  By 5.6 it would be very
difficult >to tell any difference. Of course you lose 2.0.  
>Tom Shea

It sounds as if you are describing an Elmar- I thought he was asking about
replacing a rigid Summicron with a collapsible Summicron.

Joe Berenbaum