Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is also one of the most interesting camera websites I've ever read. The history of the Contarex is totally fascinating. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:45 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] An informal test of my 50/1.5 Zeiss Sonnar (on aContaxIia) > Thanks for the link. He looks good. > > 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 Don > Dory > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:07 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] An informal test of my 50/1.5 Zeiss Sonnar (on > aContaxIia) > > > Jeffery, > He is not cheap, but give him a go. > > http://www.zeisscamera.com/ContaxIIa/Prices.html > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 3/30/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: >> >> You're right. The end of her sleeve seems to be in focus. Well, where >> the heck can I get a Contax IIa rangefinder adjusted? The only camera >> repair guy in town seems to have been Katrina'ed into retirement. >> >> 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 >> Don Dory >> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:27 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] An informal test of my 50/1.5 Zeiss Sonnar (on a >> ContaxIia) >> >> >> Jeffery, >> If you look at Susan you will see that part of her sweater looks very >> sharp. I suspect the focus was off either because the RF is just a >> little off or that you just missed by a hair. My Sonnar is pretty >> sharp at 1.5 in the dead center few mm and then loses it toward the >> edges. If you can put your >> main subject in the middle it looks very good. >> >> Don >> don.dory@gmail.com >> >> >> On 3/30/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: >> > >> > I have never seriously used my 50/1.5 Sonnar because my Contax IIa >> > isn't terribly light-tight and its rangefinder is out of vertical >> > alignment. However, having just bought a 50/1.5 Sonnar in Leica LTM >> > mount, I tried to see what the lens could do. I don't have any of >> > the fancy equipment that Erwin Puts has, so my lens test consists >> > primarily of walking around the campus annoying people under >> > different lighting situations. Here are four shots from that roll of >> > Tri-X. >> > >> > http://www.400tx.com/Susan.html f/1.5 >> > http://www.400tx.com/Michael.html f/2.0 >> > http://www.400tx.com/Thomas.html f/4 >> > http://www.400tx.com/Phillip.html f/5.6 >> > >> > My knee-jerk reaction is that it is a pretty good lens with nice >> > bokeh, but isn't razor sharp wide open (Susan may be blurry because >> > I was at 1/50). So, it gives me pretty much what my Summarit and >> > Canon 50/1.2 lens give me wide >> > open...less than stellar images. However, closed down just a stop it >> > starts >> > performing fairly well. >> > >> > 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 > >