Re: [Leica] Summicron M 2/28mm ASPH performance flare/vignetting photos

["Y. Li" <liyue@netvigator.com>]

Hi Jim again. Are the images in your gallery
http://homepage.mac.com/jplaurel/PhotoAlbum3.html#
made with Summicron 28mm ASPH as well? At what aperture? They look very
good.

Cheers

Y. Li

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From: "Jim Laurel" <jplaurel@nwlink.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 3:33 AM
Subject: [Leica] Summicron M 2/28mm ASPH performance flare/vignetting photos


> Have a look at these images:
> http://homepage.mac.com/jplaurel/PhotoAlbum6.html
>
> The image of the Himba woman was made with a Summicron 28 ASPH wide open,
> f2.0 at 1/60th sec around mid-day.  There was barely room for the two of
us
> in her hut.  The intensity of the light streaming in through the sticks
that
> form the hut's structure was intense.  If you've been to the Kaokoveldt in
> December (thier summer), you know what I mean.  The sun is searingly
bright
> and hot, with ambient temps up to 120 degrees F.
>
> Although a JPEG isn't a very good way to evaluate lens performance, I
think
> you can see that the Summicron 28 handled the bright backlighting very
well
> indeed.  And even wide open, I cannot detect any significant light
falloff.
>
> The photo of the young Himba Boy was made with a current generation
> Summicron 50.  Though you wouldn't know it, this was also taken at
mid-day,
> in the shadow of a small hut.  Aperture was probably around f2.8.
>
> --Jim Laurel
> Seattle, WA
>
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