John, what the dealer probably liked least about the lens is that his
profit margin on it was less than on the more expensive lenses.
I have two of the Summarits, the 2.5/35mm and the 2.5/75mm. Both are
made in Germany (unless Leica is lying), and both are excellent,
especially the 75mm (and I have owned both Summiluxes and Summicrons
in the past).
I consider the introduction of this lens line one of the few smart
marketing/product moves by Leica in the past several years. By
lowering the barrier to entry they probably have gained a sizeable
amount of lens sales that would otherwise have gone to the used market.
Having said all this, Erwin Puts has a review of the Summarit line on
his site:
http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/lenses/lenses/page83.html
from which it appears that the 50mm is the weakest member of the
Summarit line, optically speaking.
Nathan
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On Jul 8, 2009, at 10:31 PM, John Hudson wrote:
> Are the Summarit lenses for the M8 substantially the same [build
> quality,
> performance, etc] as the present day Summarit-M lenses?
>
> During a recent visit to the UK I chanced upon a Leica MP with a
> Summarit-M
> 50mm / f2.5 . The dealer praised the body but was cool about the
> lens saying
> that it a "beginner / introductory line" and doubted that it was
> made in
> Germany.
>
> Just curious
>
> jh
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