If anyone knows where I might locate a nice 4th vers 35 cron I would appreciate the direction. I have only seen a few recently , but I may not be going to the right places. Any help on fair price would help as well.Thanks.

-- Bill (abmathis@comcast.net), April 04, 2002

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I'd like to see some discussion on the merits of the various versions of this lens. I've got the Version I (eight element) and a version II Lux. I haven't decided yet which is best overall, excluding of course f/1.4. I've gotten some very punchy saturated color with the Lux, but I'm very fond of my version I Cron as well.

So I'd like to see what has been observed by users of the versions I through IV. Just scientific curiosity.

-- Bob Fleischman (RFXMAIL@prodigy.net), April 04, 2002.

Check Leica bei Meister in Hamburg.

http://www.leicabeimeister.com/leica/maine.htm

-- Peter Mackay (pm@novonordisk.com), April 05, 2002.

I replaced an 8-element Summicron with the pre-ASPH. I did it for one reason, color rendition. The first version seemed warmer to me than the rest of my Leica lenses. The pre-ASPH is absolutely neutral in it's color rendition. It also has more contrast than the first version.

My pre-ASPH has been used once to insure it's performance was OK and then put back in the box. I bought it new after the ASPH version came out on the recommendation of Jim Kuehl. The reason it hasn't been used much is that I prefer the 50mm focal length for slides.

-- Bud (budcook@attglobal.net), April 05, 2002.