Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01BE9A34.27B67B40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Peter, welcome to the LUG-list! Yesterday evening I was watching some 25 years old slides from Paris. I used a Summicron 50 DR and Kodachrome 25. I was amazed by the quality! Most pictures were made using middle apertures. This is my personal view: Go on using your 1970:s lenses. You can trust them to deliver very good quality pictures. The only difference is that the newest lenses will be better on the largest openings. Why not upgrade only one lens, the one you use most, and keep the others. I upgraded to the 35/2 asph, and it is definately better wide open, but that is all. On other F/stops the difference is very marginal, and hard to see. In short: it depends on how much avialible light photography you do, and if you need the highest possible performance, all the way out into the corners. It is your decision, but remember that the 1970:s lenses are damned good! Why not spend your funds on travel and film? /Hans <I am new to this list, but I am old leica fan. I own a M3, M4, M5, Summicron 35, 50, 90, Elmarit 135. <2 Pradovit 250 Autofocus combined with a DU 24M, etc. Everything bought in the 70 except the M3 <which I bought a few months ago. (I always wanted to work with a M3!) >>> Do you think a can sell my lenses and buy new ones, those with APO and ASPH? Or, to be <precice: Can you really see the difference??? What are your experiences??? Thanks for your advice: <Peter - ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01BE9A34.27B67B40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 = Transitional//EN"> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Peter, welcome = to the=20 LUG-list!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT><FONT size=3D2>Yesterday = evening I was=20 watching some 25 years old slides from Paris. I used a Summicron 50 DR = and=20 Kodachrome 25. I was amazed by the quality! Most pictures were made = using middle=20 apertures.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>This is my personal view: Go on using your 1970:s = lenses. You=20 can trust them to deliver very good quality pictures. The only = difference is=20 that the newest lenses will be better on the largest openings. Why not = upgrade=20 only one lens, the one you use most, and keep the others.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I upgraded to the 35/2 asph, and it is definately = better wide=20 open, but that is all. On other F/stops the difference is very marginal, = and=20 hard to see. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>In short: it depends on how much avialible light = photography=20 you do, and if you need the highest possible performance, all the way = out into=20 the corners.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>It is your = decision, but=20 remember that the 1970:s lenses are damned good! Why not spend your = funds on=20 travel and film? </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>/Hans </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><I am new to this list, but I am old leica fan. I = own a M3,=20 M4, M5, Summicron 35, 50, 90, Elmarit 135. <2 Pradovit 250 Autofocus = combined=20 with a DU 24M, etc. Everything bought in the 70 except the M3 <which = I bought=20 a few months ago. (I always wanted to work with a M3!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>>>> Do you think a can sell my lenses and = buy new=20 ones, those with APO and ASPH? Or, to be <precice<FONT = color=3D#ff0000><FONT=20 color=3D#000000>:</FONT> <U>Can you really see the difference??? What = are your=20 experiences???</U><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT> Thanks for your=20 advice:</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><Peter</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01BE9A34.27B67B40--