Ivar B Posted June 15, 2009 Share #1 Posted June 15, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) We have seen several discussions regarding what was said and not said by Leica management during the recent Forum meeting, but an interesting issue which I have not seen discussed here is customer preference regarding 50mm lenses. We were told that the 1.4/50 ASPH outsells the 2.5/50 Summarit by a margin of 2 : 1 by numbers. It also outsells the Summicron 50. I asked if there would be a new 2/50 soon as it has been around for more than 30 years. I was told that the designers surely were in a position to improve on the current lens, but not at the current cost. A version comparable to the 1.4/50 ASPH in quality would apparently be almost as expensive. The bestselling of all Leica M lenses is the 2.8/28 ASPH, which comes as no surprise I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sandokan Posted June 15, 2009 Share #2 Posted June 15, 2009 Wasnt there also talk of an updated 35 'Lux - or did the beer make me mishear this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivar B Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted June 15, 2009 There was indeed. As I recall, Stefan Daniels said that the focus shift of that lens was a problem and they were considering a replacement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth Posted June 15, 2009 Share #4 Posted June 15, 2009 One could argue that it it isn't broken then don't fix it. I think the 50mm Summicron M is a beautiful lens and if they are saying that to produce a 1.4 would be more costly that seems very fair to me. I am surprised to hear that the 28mm lens is thier best selling M lens. I had a 28mm focal length lens some years ago and found very little use for it preferring the 35mm everytime Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noah_addis Posted June 15, 2009 Share #5 Posted June 15, 2009 I am surprised to hear that the 28mm lens is thier best selling M lens. I had a 28mm focal length lens some years ago and found very little use for it preferring the 35mm everytime Well, a 28mm is (kind of) equal to a 35 on the M8. Though having said that, the 28mm is my favorite focal length on film (24 on M8). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth Posted June 15, 2009 Share #6 Posted June 15, 2009 Well, a 28mm is (kind of) equal to a 35 on the M8. Though having said that, the 28mm is my favorite focal length on film (24 on M8). Right, I hadn't realised the difference with digital being a bit of a Neanderthal when it comes to non film, and yes, I had a 24mm which I used extensively for mountain landscapes which gave a minimalist barren waste look to Kodachromes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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