Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:10 PM 5/3/04 -0400, Jim McIntyre wrote: >My favourite 50 was my ~1955 DR Summacron I got with the M3 I bought in >university. I had to sell both a couple of years ago due to financial >reasons, but when I look at the negs and prints I made with that lens it >makes my heart break. I once shot candids at a friend's wedding -- who >himself was a wedding photog at the time. I used the M3 and DR50, and my >friend commented on how my prints were as sharp (or sharper) as his >"offical" photographer's using a Bronica SQ! > Erwin Puts disagrees with me on this, but I find the NF/DR 2/5cm Summicron the most satisfactory of the Summicron lenses; another and esteemed member of our List argues vehemently for its successor, the second-generation 2/50 Summicron. I do like the 1.4/50 Summilux but they will peel my NF/DR from my dead hands ..... Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!