Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/20

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Subject: Hood was Re: M use
From: "C.M. Fortunko" <fortunko@boulder.nist.gov>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 10:00:23 -0600

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 
>
>