Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]...and I thought I was a stranger in a strange land whose voice cried out in the godforsaken wilderness...oops...never mind...wrong list. Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, Angels Gate Cultural Center http://sdimitrovphoto.com On Feb 24, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Don Dory wrote: > Slobodan, > Well, you are just preaching to the choir on that suggestion. > Summarits > have a wonderful look wide open to 2.8, but then so do Summars, and > the > early uncoated Elmars. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 2/24/06, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: >> >> On the other hand, a new Elmar-M and a Summarit just might be a >> killer combination. >> >> Slobodan Dimitrov >> Studio G-8, >> Angels Gate Cultural Center >> http://sdimitrovphoto.com >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 24, 2006, at 4:49 PM, Don Dory wrote: >> >>> Steve, >>> I know that others have chimed in, but the newer version is by far >>> preferable if you are after cutting sharp images on film. Besides >>> multicoating which doesn't add much to a triplet, Leica moved the >>> aperture >>> ring and vastly improved the performance of this ancient design. >>> But heck, >>> used Elmars are pretty cheap so buy a post war one and a current >>> one. :) >>> >>> Don >>> don.dory@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> On 2/24/06, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Is there any optical difference between the old chrome 50/2.8 >>>> collapsible Elmars of the 1950's to 1974, and the newer 50/2.8 >>>> Elmars which were issued starting sometime in the 1990's... >>>> >>>> Does anyone experienced in using these lenses see any >>>> differences in >>>> the photos from them? >>>> >>>> Which vintage is preferable if in good shape, and the cost not >>>> considered? >>>> >>>> I appreciate your advice, Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information