framestore Posted July 1, 2011 Share #1 Posted July 1, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, All:) If you're a proud owner of the latest 50/1.4 Summilux Asph, please share your opinions. By googling (I found several posts at www) it seems like the black versions of this lens have "stiff focus" issue. What do you think? Is this issue equally apply to swummicron 50/2.0 Asph too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 Hi framestore, Take a look here Leica Asph Black vs. Silver?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted July 1, 2011 Share #2 Posted July 1, 2011 All chrome lenses are better than black ones - less focus issues, less focus shift, less CA, less flare, you name it. Don't you believe it - it is our charming little way of telling the world we like our lenses. The only difference is that the feel is slightly smoother because of the greater weight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted July 1, 2011 Share #3 Posted July 1, 2011 Buy the one you like!! Actually, buy the one you can FIND!!! Chrome is a little heavier and shiny. Black is a little lighter and, well black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted July 1, 2011 Share #4 Posted July 1, 2011 This is a logical exercise: (a) Some early specimens had stiff focusing – including mine. ( All early specimens were black – chrome finish came in later. © Black specimens have stiff focusing. Right? Right! But after © insert either some or all, and see which of the propositions ring true. The focusing helicals in both (outwardly) black lenses and in (outwardly) chrome lenses are made of the same materials – brass on aluminum – and in the same way. We have been over this piece of urban legend several times in the past. The surface finish says nothing about either mechanical or optical performance. Next legend? "Red Porsche 611 cars are faster than black 611's." The old man from the Age of Nickel-Plated Lenses Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UliWer Posted July 1, 2011 Share #5 Posted July 1, 2011 Though you wouldn't deny that a silver-chrome M9-P makes the more professional photos than a steel-grey M9, would you? The same was true for the black paint M2, which was much more professional than the silver-chrome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobeyone Posted July 1, 2011 Share #6 Posted July 1, 2011 I have a silver/chrome ASPH. Love it, looks, feels and behaves majestically. It looks like a £2400 lens and mine is quite loose but was a little sticky when I got my hands on it. My opinion is that it looks superb, timeless and one for keeps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
framestore Posted July 1, 2011 Author Share #7 Posted July 1, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Buy the one you like!! Actually, buy the one you can FIND!!! Chrome is a little heavier and shiny. Black is a little lighter and, well black. it's @ £2,399 I usually buy Leica glass from harrisoncameras. from my searching, they are cheapest. I have to double check with them whether it's available for next day delivery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted July 1, 2011 Share #8 Posted July 1, 2011 Good luck, I hope you can call up and get one. As for me...waiting....waiting........still waiting...........I think I'm still on the list.......better check!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
framestore Posted July 1, 2011 Author Share #9 Posted July 1, 2011 I have a silver/chrome ASPH. Love it, looks, feels and behaves majestically. It looks like a £2400 lens and mine is quite loose but was a little sticky when I got my hands on it. My opinion is that it looks superb, timeless and one for keeps. I know I can't wait one to arrive. It'd be silly me but unsure yet of color. My two other lenses are black, so with 50mm I probably go for silver. Thanks ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted July 2, 2011 Share #10 Posted July 2, 2011 I have the silver version and the only "problem" is the weight that I suppose greater than the black version. For anything else is totally ok, smoot focus, sharpness and no focus shift. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted July 2, 2011 Share #11 Posted July 2, 2011 I have the silver version and the only "problem" is the weight that I suppose greater than the black version. For anything else is totally ok, smoot focus, sharpness and no focus shift. Well, I didn't claim that chrome-plated lenses are actually worse mechanichally or optically than the black lenses, did I? Just that they aren't any better. The old man from the Age of Nickel Lenses Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
juergen Posted July 2, 2011 Share #12 Posted July 2, 2011 When I was a little boy, my granddad always told me that red bikes are harder to ride than black ones (or the other way around). He didn't know Lieca I'm afraid. Juergen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingerprinz Posted July 3, 2011 Share #13 Posted July 3, 2011 I have both. The only difference is the weight - the silver one is weights noticeably more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted July 3, 2011 Share #14 Posted July 3, 2011 Just that they aren't any better. Lars, I'm sure that beside weight there must be no other difference in the two models. I had a black sample in my hands, however, and the difference in weight is quite relevant. Enough to represent an issue when choosing between the two versions. If I could switch to a black one I think I would. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
microview Posted July 3, 2011 Share #15 Posted July 3, 2011 I have to double check with them whether it's available for next day delivery. Rang them Saturday. They are talking minimum of three months, either colour finish, rather than 'next day'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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