Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now the f2.8 Summaron is another animal. While not as small as it F3.5 counterpart, it certainly dovetails quite well, with its signature, alongside the current lenses. Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, Angels Gate Cultural Center http://sdimitrovphoto.com On Mar 12, 2006, at 6:40 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > Well, that's the kind of character I'm looking for. When lenses were > designed for B&W film, I guess there wasn't much tweaking for > color. With > color as the way to go later in the century, saturation was the way > to go. > And with that came contrast (which I can do without). Although I'm > not a > praticer of the Zone System, I would like to see all of those zones > represented in an image. > > Right now, I'm pursuing the 35/2.8, which is more of a challenge > than the > 35/3.5. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Peter > Dzwig > Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 3:24 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] 35/3.5 Summaron LTM > > > Very happy with it. Good performance for its time, still a very > good lens, > although obviously very different from present lenses in character. > > see: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album164/pathSt_Marthas200512 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album347/Blowingoutcandles > > Peter Dzwig > > Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> What is the consensus on this as a shooter? >> >> Jeffery Smith >> New Orleans, LA >> http://www.400tx.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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