Latest version 50mm Summicron ?

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Does it have an ASPH element?

Thanks,

Steve

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[Carbon111]

Does it have an ASPH element?

Thanks,

Steve

 

Not to my knowledge...but then it doesn't really need it. It's one of the sharpest 50s out there, sharper than the more-expensive Summilux ASPH even.

...not as fast though obviously.

 

Looks like the spec sheet is missing from Leica's own site but I found it here:

http://leica-camera.pl/wp-content/downloads/Summicron-M_50_mm_Technical_Data_en.pdf

 

Worth comparing the MTF charts to other 50s...

[quadraticadder]

Thanks for your response. And this is exactly why I'm asking. The listing on Leica's webpage states it *is* an ASPH lens. But the tech specs for the lens are gone. The link takes you back a page. If one digs up the specs, as you did, they appear to be for a non ASPH lens. I was wondering if Leica was in the process of updating it to an ASPH version. There was a Leica rumours post a while ago about this.

Thanks,

Steve

[TomB_tx]

Someone else reported the error on their website last week - and it is an error. Of course, the new APO 50 Summicron is aspheric, and so is the price. It does not replace the older Summicron. The APO is on a different page of the site.

[Carbon111]

Thanks for your response. And this is exactly why I'm asking. The listing on Leica's webpage states it *is* an ASPH lens. But the tech specs for the lens are gone. The link takes you back a page. If one digs up the specs, as you did, they appear to be for a non ASPH lens. I was wondering if Leica was in the process of updating it to an ASPH version. There was a Leica rumours post a while ago about this.

Thanks,

Steve

 

Indeed, make sure not to confuse the regular Summicron with the new APO-Summicron.

 

I agree with the other posters about how awful Leica's new web design is. They've made it much harder to find information and classed the lenses in very arbitrary sections now.

[Guest odeon]

50'cron type V hasn't an asph element. But, the lastest 50mm summicron, 50'APO-cron has.

[Jeff S]

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Not only is it aspheric, but it includes a floating element. This construction, and the superb optical performance, make the small size all the more remarkable.

 

Jeff

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Of course, the new APO 50 Summicron is aspheric, and so is the price.

 

Only the lens is aspheric, the price is stratospheric.

 

Thanks!

s-a