Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/25

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Subject: [Leica] Heliar 50mm f3.5
From: jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:04:03 -0500
References: <C70A6472.57423%mark@rabinergroup.com>

I bought it for the classic Leica look, but it looked more like the 
classic FED look. Maybe I should shoot it over to John Van Stelten for a 
cleaning.

Mark Rabiner wrote:
>> I have an elderly 50/3.5 Elmar, and I really haven't gotten any decent
>> result from it, but it does look like hell. If I were stranded on a
>> desert island with only one lens, it would be the 50/3.5 Heliar.
>> Fortunately, there's a lot of light on desert islands.
>>
>> Jeffery
>>     
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> I have a  50/3.5 Elmar which I often use when I shoot film with Leica.
> Its three leagues away from anything remotely modern in quality but that
> just makes me want to use it more.
> And I'm not the only one who thinks the classic Leica look comes from this
> particular lens.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
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