[Leica] Don's PAW

[langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer)]

Don,

It is just a delight to see someone taking advantage of the special
qualities of some of the older lenses.  This makes me want to fish out
my Summar and do some shooting.  Do you use the large Summar hood, or
just the small one for the Elmar on this lens?

I have no idea where those lines came from in your pictures.  This is
a phenomenon I haven't seen from my Summar.  But I do like the kind of
flare that it renders, so obvious in the first photo, that gives a
kind of luminous quality to the images.  This is great for portraiture
-- you should try it on subjects closer to the camera.

Mark

On 8/21/05, Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote:
> This week I got back to using the III and an uncoated Summar.  These
> images were shot somewhere around 2.5 to 4.3.  While nowhere up to
> modern standards the lens can provide quite acceptable results if you
> are willing to up the contrast a bit.
> 
> First up, while I was having a pleasant lunch in an Asian noodle
> restaurant(funny how low brow in a native country becomes middle to
> upper brow in the adopted country) I noticed the light on this
> gentleman while he waited.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Summar/number52
> 
> The straitians you see are interntal reflections inside the lens.
> 
> While I had my camera up, I noticed this young lady waiting with a
> most interesting demeanor in light of the decor:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Summar/laughter
> 
> Last, while grocery shopping, I liked the position of this man while
> he chatted some mate up.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Summar/onthephone
> 
> I must say, using the older small frame Barnack was generally a
> delight.  With the lens collapsed it fit in a pants pocket and the
> alleged difficulties of focusing then framing was not bad.  It forced
> a little more thought into the image but you could also do all the
> normal Leica tricks of hyperfocal focusing and shooting from the waist
> or off hand.  Also, the knob wind is so anachronistic that most people
> don't realize that their picture has been taken.
> 
> Comments, slings and arrows, free pictures of goth chicks cheerfully 
> accepted.
> 
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
> 
> 
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