Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have heard of that one, spoken in reverence. I never ran across one. The SMC Takumars in M42 are also good. I have the 50/1.4, the 55/1.8, a 135 and a 200. The 200mm gives me pretty good reach on a 4/3 camera, but is heavy to hang on an adapter. I primarily use Leica-R lenses for primes on the Olys. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Lorenzo" <gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Night Shot, Leica M9 With Summilux 35 Severely Cropped > > > > I've never used any other Pentax lens but the Pentax 43/1.9 lens in LTM is > one sharp lens. > > > > Greg Lorenzo > > Calgary, Canada > > > >> From: jhnichols at lighttube.net >> To: lug at leica-users.org >> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 21:07:12 -0600 >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Night Shot, Leica M9 With Summilux 35 Severely >> Cropped >> >> The tripod probably made the biggest difference, from what I recall of >> the >> Jupiter shot. I'm not knocking the less expensive lenses. One of the best >> shots that I have made recently was with a Pentax M42 Takumar 50/1.4 lens >> on >> my Olympus E-1. The old 50s make nice portrait lenses. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Greg Lorenzo" <gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:59 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Night Shot, Leica M9 With Summilux 35 Severely >> Cropped >> >> >> > >> > >> > Jim Nichols writes: >> > >> >> Hi Greg, >> >> >> >> To me, this one is much sharper than the previous one made with the >> >> Jupiter >> >> lens. It's nice to be able to read the tube labels on the chasis. Nice >> >> work. >> > >> > >> > Hi Jim, >> > >> > >> > >> > I was shooting the Jupiter wide open, hand held. The Summilux stopped >> > down >> > on a tripod. >> > >> > >> > >> > The Leica lens costs about 22 times more then (the made in 1963) Soviet >> > lens so it should be much sharper. >> > >> > >> > >> > Haven't directly compared the two but I like the Jupiter very much for >> > portraits of Grandma and the way it renders colour images. >> > >> > >> > >> > Greg Lorenzo >> > >> > Calgary, Canada >> > >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. >> > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >