Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like it! Roland Smith - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilfred VonDauster" <vondauster@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] 50mm lens purchase > Hi All, > > Mark Langer asked about the 50mm f2.8 Elmar-M. > > In my office I have a 30 x 42 inch print of a photograph I took in 1996 at > Land's end in San Francisco, California. Here's the photo: > > http://www.ravensrest.com/will/coast-9.html > > It was taken with the current production Elmar 50mm, and is stunningly sharp > even at that huge size. (scanned on a Nikon scanner, printed on an Epson > 9500P). > > At f5.6 or f8, I would pit it against any 50mm. It is fully usable at f2.8, > though here the Summicron will give a slight edge. It has, as others have said > (perhaps Erwin?), a more "brittle" sharpness to it than the very smooth > rendition one expects from the Summicron. The colors will be more saturated > than your older 50's, due to more modern glass and coatings. > > An outstanding lens, IMO. > > Will von Dauster > > > Mark Langer wrote: > > > I've been offered a recent black M mount 50mm f2.8 Elmar at an attractive > > price well below what a recent black Summicron would go for. My 50mm lenses > > are all screwmount -- 50mm f3.5 Elmar (transition red scale), 50mm f2 > > Summar, 50mm f2 Summitar, 50mm f1.5 Jupiter. I was thinking of getting a > > recent 50mm Summicron, but wonder if the f2.8 Elmar would be giving me > > something in terms of performance for the dollar that the Summicron or the > > lenses I already have wouldn't. > > > > Mark > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Mark Langer > > > > Email address: mlanger@ccs.carleton.ca > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >