Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You should always use the hood. I noticed some tendency to flare on my 35mm Summicron. Having said this, I love this lens. BTW, any comments on the new 35mm Summicron ASPH? Chris At 11:11 PM 7/20/97 +0800, you wrote: > >Today, I found myself being able to focus by touch of the lens alone. It >was one of those times when I was playing around with my M6, and then I >decided to test myself, I looked at objects around me, estimated the >distance in my head, and withoutlooking down at the lens, turned it to what >I thought would be the correct distance. When I checked with the >rangefinder, most times I was correct, sometimes I was close. It was an >unexpected surprise. Perhaps this is an ability that hascome out of much >use of the camera, and some aspects of handling become automatic responses. >Did anyone have this kind of experience also? > >One question, does anyone use the 35 summicron with it's hood in candid >photography? Does it affect the speed of handling. > >--adi > >