Thanks for your views (including the "inside" information from Gus). Therefore the panorama was 120" inches wide.That's 10 feet wide! Yup there was curvature! It was pointed out to me the Earth is curved!(horizon). They were printed in a pro lab for equal color, density and contrast. Side note, once i took a panorama with my Summicron on a South African beach towards time of sunset(the magic hour).There were 6 perfect frames. A friend has an old Elmar f3.5 on a 1935 Leica. Better to simply take and make photographs.i have used many more modern lenses.The 50mm Elmar(new and old),Summilux(N+O),Summicron(Rigid,goggles and one from the 90's) plus a few Canon Serenars.
i fail to understand this "quest" for more and more sharpness. OK a "flare-fighter" it's not.One picks one's battles carefully.B/w allows one to increase contrast which this lens lacks. i use my original 50mm Summicron, collapsible! i like the way it works. A fault i also see on the lenses with Aspheric elements. This conclusion makes the claim of some Leica collectors, that the current Summicron is a lesser design than the all-curved predecessor, somewhat hollow."Īlthough not mentioned in the Puts comment, unless you buy the Summicron-M used, the Planar is a lot less expensive, but possibly larger and heavier than the Summicron (I have not checked that).įWIW, there is a test on the Zeiss Planar by a Norwegian press-photographer.In his experience though the Planar was very sharp, the background at wide apertures was horrible. It is worth some study to note that the curved elements of the Planar bring no significant improvements in comparison to the many planar surfaces of the current Summicron.
The Double-Gauss design has been studied exhaustingly and it is now possible to equal but not surpass the Summicron design as long as you stay within the D-G limits.
The optical performance of the Planar is simply as good as that what can be expected form the Leica Summicron. Now at last we have a lens that equals the Summicron-M 50mm and is even a trace better in the curvature of field area. For the f2 lenses, here is Erwin Put's comment after testing the Zeiss lens (see )įor several generations the Planar design has tried to challenge the Summicron 50mm and never became as good.
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