[Leica] 28/3.5 Color -Skopar

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

David,

Congrats on the new lens.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I have been enjoying 
my new 21 Elmarit Asph.  Although yours was a bit easier on the wallet.  ;-D

gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Luis Ripoll" <luisripoll@telefonica.net>
>
> Hi David,
> 
> You look very happy with your new lens, I know this lens (never tried) but
> it is really nice. I hope see soon your pictures
> 
> Saludos cordiales
> Lluis
> 
>  
> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de
> David Rodgers
> Enviado el: miércoles, 16 de julio de 2008 19:00
> Para: Leica Users Group
> Asunto: [Leica] 28/3.5 Color -Skopar
> 
> 
> 
> Just received this little lens from Camerquest. Very quick service. 
> 
> My 28/2.8 Elmarit is big in comparison. The Elmarit is heavy too, although
> the little Skopar is just as solid pound for pound. Maybe more solid.  
> 
> I wanted a compact 28 to team with my 50/2.8 Elmar. OTOH, I really didn't
> need another lens.  I bought it because I hadn't purchased anything new in 
> a
> long while. Plus it was silver (for my chrome M6), discontinued (watch it
> become a classic when it's out of stock), 28mm and tiny. 
> 
> Hopefully I'll love it. You just never know if you'll use a lens 'till you
> own it. If it's a Color Skopar will it work for B&W?  ;-)
> 
> I wish it were fast, but you can't have it all. I had a 35/3.5 Summaron for
> many years. It was a fantastic little lens. Negs from that lens were so 
> easy
> to print. Always my benchmark of a good lens. I shouldn't have sold it. I
> had a 35/2 at the time. Then I got rid of the Summicron and bought a 35/1.4
> ASPH. I've lacked a small wide angle since. 
> 
> I appear to be building two rangefinder systems; one big and fast, a second
> tiny and slow. It'll be interesting to see which one gets the most use. 
> 
> Now if I can only find that SM-BM adapter I picked up at a camera show long
> ago knowing that I'd need it someday. 
> 
> DaveR
> 
> 
> 
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