Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/30

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Subject: [Leica] Collapsible Summicron 50/2
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Fri Apr 30 16:43:12 2004

My only comment is that if the f-stop ring is a bit stiff, you will 
rotate the collapsing shaft rather than the f-stop and this can be a 
"pain". Optically it has always been wonderful.

On Thursday, Apr 29, 2004, at 11:18 Australia/Melbourne, Marc James 
Small wrote:

> At 09:39 AM 4/26/04 -0500, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>> Anyone have impressions of the 50/2 collapsible Summicron?
>
> Jeffrey, pardon my petulance, but what exactly do you want to know?  I 
> shot
> for some years with one of these and have a high regard for it though, 
> if
> pushed to the limit on collapsible lenses, I would seek out a 2/5cm CZJ
> Sonnar T.
>
> But the 2/5cm collapsible Summicron is a perfectly capable lens and 
> will
> task you to reach its limits.  It often does not make photography easy 
> but,
> in the end, I discovered that it is a better lens than I am a 
> photographer
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@infionline.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>
>
>
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Alastair



Replies: Reply from jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Collapsible Summicron 50/2)
In reply to: Message from msmall at infionline.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Collapsible Summicron 50/2)