Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Roger L. Beamon" <beamon@primenet.com> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 08:26:58 -0700 (MST) As a fairly new Leica user, I'm interested in hearing from the list as to what their idea is of the M or R lens that has the quintessential Leica Look/Glow! In other words, if you could specify one M or R lens that most typifies the look, what would it be? I think Roger asks a fascinating question here. I use three Leica R lenses -- the 28 (Elmarit), 50 (Summicron) and 135. I think I see the "look" in the appearance of out-of-focus highlights in the 28. I haven't really noticed anything different with the other lenses. The 28 is the old style, with the bayonet hood and Series VII filters; the 50 is newer, with 55mm filters, and the 135 is intermediate -- it was one of the last ones to takes series filters. I'm wondering whether other people with the 28 Elmarit-R think they see a difference in its rendition of out-of-focus images when compared to non-Leica lenses, or whether I'm just imagining things. - -Patrick