Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:13 PM 17/9/97 -0400, you wrote: >With reference to the ongoing thread of "Leica glow" / "bokeh" I'd like to >use an older 50mm SM lens with adapter on my M2 and M3 to see if I can >reproduce the feel of some of the older photos. I've heard some good and bad >things about the >1.5/50 summarit. What other options would I have for this focal length? > Would be interested to hear of any favorite older lenses -- mostly for bw >film of course. >Thanks >Damian I have used a 50/3.5 Elmar, a Summarit and a 50/2 Summitar. I find the Summitar a tad better in performance. The Elmar is however more compact when collapsed. The Summarit seem to lack contrast (compared to the Elmar and Summitar) and I finally traded it in. Dan K.