Next Reissue lens, which do you want?

[shirubadanieru]

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On 6/26/2022 at 7:00 PM, pippy said:

35mm Summilux 'Steel-Rim' in Black-Paint...

Philip.

Yes to this and for an affordable price. I wouldn’t mind the original silver steel rim either though

[shirubadanieru]

On 6/26/2022 at 7:00 PM, pippy said:

35mm Summilux 'Steel-Rim' in Black-Paint...

Philip.

Yes to this and for an affordable price. I wouldn’t mind the original silver steel rim either though

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2 hours ago, Anbaric said:

The Summarit is a rebadged Xenon licensed to Leitz by Schneider, who had in turn based it on a Taylor Hobson design. A 'copycat' lens, if you will.

Yes we all know that. 
 

But if I play your game, you are indeed saying that 7artisan tops Leica. Correct?

🤣

[pedaes]

36 minutes ago, Capuccino-Muffin said:

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I very much doubt that!

[Capuccino-Muffin]

6 minutes ago, pedaes said:

I very much doubt that!

What exactly?

please note that I do not doubt that you doubt anything I will say, as this is a counter-argumentative forum par-excellence, where even the most die-hard Leica Lover will suddenly become a 7Artisan advocate just to prove a shady point.

That’s how it goes LOL!

[pedaes]

1 hour ago, Capuccino-Muffin said:

What exactly?

That everyone ("all") know the history of the development of the f1.5 Summarit.

[IkarusJohn]

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10 hours ago, lct said:

Never seen that beast i admit. Any link?

Ha ha, for some reason I typed Apochromatic (a lens yet to be released), instead of Aspherical …

https://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/35mm_f/1.4_Aspherical_Summilux-M

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1 hour ago, IkarusJohn said:

Ha ha, for some reason I typed Apochromatic (a lens yet to be released), instead of Aspherical …

https://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/35mm_f/1.4_Aspherical_Summilux-M

Yes, a re-issued 35mm f/1.4 Aspherical Summilux -M please!

[jakontil]

May not classify as reissue, but a summicron 50 in rigid form factor or 35 asph in an 8E form 😆😆😆

[genji]

I thought I had little interest in reissues but I realise that a Black Paint Summicron 50 Rigid would be irresistible. 

[rramesh]

Now that newer Leica Ms have an LCD screen and EVFs are available, Leica should consider introducing a 40mm lens. For many, this is a nice focal length, and would make for a great one lens kit. Having recently purchased a Visoflex 2, I am considering a 40 Voigtlander, but what if a newer Leica option was there. 

For Leica, might actually boost the sale of the EVF, or Leica could consider a bundle price. Who knows a future M may well have a built in EVF. 

[lct]

Difficult to believe that Leica will launch a 40mm lens w/o corresponding frame lines. Was not a problem on the film CL because it had 40mm frame lines but on M cameras it can only be 35mm or 50mm IMHO. 

[jankap]

It could switch the 35mm frame lines. But would not the focal length of 38mm be better still? 🤭

[fabior]

I would be very tempted if they redo the Summilux 35mm aspherical AA 

[Jeff S]

45 minutes ago, fabior said:

I would be very tempted if they redo the Summilux 35mm aspherical AA 

I suspect that if this came to fruition, the production numbers would be limited, selling out immediately, and then trading for $15-$20k or more, given recent asking prices for originals.  And that’s assuming production quality and delivery estimates could be maintained. But tempting in the abstract.

Jeff

[hdmesa]

15 minutes ago, Jeff S said:

I suspect that if this came to fruition, the production numbers would be limited, selling out immediately, and then trading for $15-$20k or more, given recent asking prices for originals.  And that’s assuming production quality and delivery estimates could be maintained. But tempting in the abstract.

Jeff

Smart money would be to follow the 50 1.2 Noct reissue from here on out – one variant in limited numbers, the other unlimited.

[Jeff S]

Well, we can rule out hand ground, rare glass under that production model. 🤪

Jeff

[cboy]

Nothing fancy but an updated 40mm summicron would be nice with modern coatings. Perhaps when the M12 comes out there could be electronic/ digital frame lines to include the 40mm. Perhaps a Leica /Panasonic CL Collab

[hdmesa]

1 hour ago, Jeff S said:

Well, we can rule out hand ground, rare glass under that production model. 🤪

Jeff

Hah. I'd imagine they would have to re-learn how to do that!

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35mm double Aspherical Summilux...