Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll look around for the Canon just in case I strike out on the Summaron. 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 Mark Langer Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 9:42 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] 35/3.5 Summaron LTM Had the 35/3.5 and wasn't that impressed with it. I now use a 35/3.5 Elmar, which is incredibly tiny and acceptable in quality, a 35/2.8 Summaron, which is better, and a 35/2 Canon, which blows them all away, but absolutely requires a lenshood. Mark On 3/12/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > The consensus from the people who have it and those who have reviewed > it is that the 35/3.5 is good as long as it is stopped down > considerably. I'm not > crazy about that restraint, so I'll go after big brother 2.8. > > 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 > Slobodan Dimitrov > Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 8:53 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] 35/3.5 Summaron LTM > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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