Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Don, Jerry and Seth, Looks like I will be getting a good deal then. I have a couple of old Leica 50mm lenses and I am quite pleased with the results I'm getting from these (hoods are a must however). Certainly the resulting negatives and photographs have a different look from the sharp, high contrast newer glass. Regards, Greg Seth Rosner wrote: >Jerry is right about the 35/2,8 Summaron, Greg. Unless I need the additional >stops, this lens is still my main 35mm user lens. Watch me get jumped now as >I tell this little secret: despite some residual field curvature at the >first two stops, as splendid a lens as is the first 8-glass 35/2 Summicron, >at equal apertures the Summaron has better contrast and resolution. A very >sharp lens. Both lenses show fall-off in contrast and resolution as you go >toward the edges of the image. And of course as himself, Erwin Puts has >acknowledged of Leitz lenses of the late 50's and through the 60's, the >quality of its optical and mechanical construction was probably only matched >by Zeiss and, perhaps, Kern. > >Seth >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 11:19 PM >Subject: Re: [Leica] Summaron 35/2.8 with Eyes > > >>Greg >> >>It is one of the best 35mm lenses I ever used. Served me well >>on many foreign trips. It was my standard lens till I got an M2 >>with 35mm Summilux. >> >>Jerry >> >>"Greg J. Lorenzo" wrote: >> >>>I've found one of these lenses in user condition c/w eyes. I thought it >>>would eliminate the need for an external finder with an M3 but how does >>>this lens actually perform? >>> >>>TIA. >>> >>>Regards, >>> >>>Greg >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html