[Leica] 50mm Lenses

[drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers)]

Jim,

Thanks for posting that link. I, too, have a 50/1.4 SMC Takumar in M42.
I bought some Fomapan 400 a few years back. I put it in a camera bag and
it could easily have sat next to that lens for a year or longer. When I
finally tried a roll the film was bad. I can't remember specifically
what the issues were, but it was bad enough that I threw all I had away
and never shot another roll. Maybe the fault wasn't the film, but the
storage.   

I haven't used the Takumar in years, but it was quite a good lens in its
day. I also have a 50/1.4 EBC Fujinon in M42 that's probably a match for
anything today, outside of Leica. 

daveR


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Nichols [mailto:jhnichols@bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:41 PM
To: LUG@Leica-Users.org
Subject: [Leica] 50mm Lenses

Since I own a SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 (Asahi Optical Co.) lens in M42
mount, I have been interested in this thread.  With a Google search, I
turned up the reference below, which might be of interest to some of
you.  It is interesting to note that no Leica lenses are listed.

http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/consumer%20products/cameralens.htm 

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA