[Leica] Still toying with getting a 75mm Summilux

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

Mark, I'm lucky enough right now to have both, and I'll keep both. I 
got both for a fair bit less than the 75/2 costs new.  They are 
different enough and have enough different strengths that it makes it 
worthwhile to keep both.

The Summilux design may be older and heavier but all I can suggest is 
that you compare them yourself instead of making such comparisons off 
the cuff. It's like saying the 100/3.5 Zeiss for Hasselblad is so 
much better than the 150/4 that you might as well throw the 150 away. 
:-) In my experience the two 75's are closer in performance than the 
100 and 150 Zeiss lenses.



>Never in a million years would I want the 1.4 over the Leica Telephoto 75mm
>f/2.0 APO Summicron M Aspherical Manual Focus Lens (6-Bit, Updated for
>Digital) and get cutting edge compact modern Leica performance to knock out
>Canon and Nikon results.
>Sorry to rub owners of the Summilux the wrong way but it seems  to me
>quaint, dated and overblown, front heavy and bloated, too heavy, old.
>A result of the speed wars of the 60's and 70's see Erwin's thing on the
>75mm focal lengh:
>http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/lenses/lenses/page82.html
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>Mark William Rabiner
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