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Sonnar wrote:
I used to have a Rollei 40/2.8 for years and didn't rated the performance very high. backlite flare was worse than the C-Summicron, which I acquired much later (its price were higher when Rollei was new). Of course, it feels more "solid" than the C-Summicron, or the newer CV 40/2.8. I wouldn't buy a Rollei again, since they all seem to develop fog in some inner elements. Obviously something went wrong in coating or assembly of that lenses.
Not sure about this comment, most clearly on the Rollei feeling more solid than the Summicron and CV. Having all three lenses in front of me the Leica and CV are in another league in quality of construction. They are much tighter and smoother while the Rollei is built to the old standard of the 28 3.5, 50 2.5 etc where while optically great, everything just feels looser.
Also the flare is much worse with the Summicron than the Rollei - and I have included current images in this thread showing that. The Rollei has much better coatings.
The Leica lens in ways is most impressive with quality of construction given my copy is maybe 40 years old, well used and still feels rock solid and smooth.
I'm not a fan-boi, I critique my gear showing flaws and all. The Cron is tiny, sharp and fast. But terrible with flare protection. The Rollei has delicious Sonnar rendering, handles well but uses a gen 1 Cosina 'shell' (it looks near to identical to my Cosina Voigtlander lenses of same vintage. The CV 40 2.8 is very sharp, fantastic against flare, really well built, tiny but vignettes more, and is fiddly to use.
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