Summilux 50mm pre-asph Version II

[nobbylon]

One taken with that first copy,

 

[nobbylon]

one more,

 

[Ronald M]

Nothing like testing your own and then you don`t need to depend upon others.

Bless you and Putts if you have a good one. I just could never find one.

 

[ampguy]

same here

same here

had both the v3, and v2. loved the v3's close focus, but the glass/coatings/whetever is just not the same quality as the v2s. So I gave up close focus for just better image quality, and build quality of the v2.

Cam, I have had the v2 pre-asph and the v3 pre-asph, too. Currently I have a v2, largely because of what you describe above. I know the v2 and v3 pre-asphs are identical in terms of optical design, but I prefer the v2 and I do think it is because the "improved" coatings on the v3 pre-asph do change some aspects of the rendering -- not much, but enough to make the OOF areas a little less "sweet" as you suggest. In addition to the rendering of the v2, I prefer its size to the v3.

When I require a .7m MFD and absolute sharpness in a 50, I reach for the asph. It is the better performer technically, but for some reason I do prefer the 'sweetness' of my old v2 pre-asph in most cases.