Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi! I am sure Marc, our LTM Guru, will set me straight if I am wrong, but I thought the central spot was to minimize the light falloff at the edges when the lens was used wide open- when it was at its softest. The couple of copies I have seen were in pretty miserable condition, too; it was as if they were not appreciated for their rarity before most had been neglected and ill treated. Me, I'll stick with what I can afford!- the Good Ole Uncoated Summar for softness! :o}~ Dan - -----Original Message----- From: linda <lindaboz@tin.it> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Sunday, May 30, 1999 5:51 PM Subject: R: [Leica] thambar questions >Hello Carlos, > The Thambar is one of the Most sought lens by Leica's collectors. Few >Thambars have been built(perhaps 2000). These two factors boost the >prices.It is not a thecnical cost.The Thambar is a portrait lens calculated >to be soft.The silver disc on the filter increases the softness of the lens. >Giancarlo >-----Messaggio originale----- >Da: Carlos Blanco <cblanco@fibertel.com.ar> >A: leica <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Data: domenica 30 maggio 1999 22.01 >Oggetto: [Leica] thambar questions > > >>hello luggers! >> Some days a go a collectionist showed me a thambar lens just for the >>purpose of improving my leica culture. He said It was quite expensive. I >>could verify that info in some of the price list of several leica vendors >>(tamarkin, wall street camera and so on). But one question remains on my >>mind: why is it so expensive? I'm asking from the technical point of view. >>By the way, I noticed that the lens had a filter with a plated circle in >the >>central part, a kind of mirror I guess. What is it for? >> >>Leically >> >>Carlos >> >> >