Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a coated Summitar whose aperture will barely move. It's going to Paul Ebel as soon as he sends my collapsible Summicron back (that one has frozen focusing, the aperture works beautifully). I'm hoping to get the uncoated Summar, and I'd like to get an uncoated Elmar too. On Mar 26, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: > Are you teasing me or are you really buying a 1936 Summar? > I got a 1951 Summitar that's stuck at around f 9 so I can use it on > sunny > days. It gives a soft a new, nice meaning. > > V > > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Robert Meier > <robertmeier at usjet.net>wrote: > >> I like flare too. That's why I'm buying a 1936 Summar. >> >> >> >> On Mar 26, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: >> >> Yeah how do you prevent that from candles? (I know you can see my >> knuckles >>> scraping the ground here but still... ) Is it merely to own a >>> better lens >>> or to underexpose the picture further and then go and burn in the >>> darker >>> parts? Because if it's the latter I'm not going to bother, I know >>> it. I'd >>> rather look at the flare. I mean, if I were trying something >>> serious with >>> candles I'd do what I'd have to do to get it right but to record for >>> history >>> the agonies of our days without power, well, let 'em eat flare I >>> say. >>> (indeed and here's more knuckle-scaping truth be told I kind of like >>> flare. >>> It's what happened to the world at night after I started wearing >>> glasses >>> at >>> age 12.) But advice still much appreciated as the serious day >>> might >>> come. >>> >>> And wait, where's eer? Hold on.... >>> >>> Sonny, that's "queer" man. You gotta get up north more. >>> >>> The "u" is a wild card blank tile. Thus your confusion. Plus as just >>> suggested, there's prolly not enough queer people where you live. >>> Which >>> means you have to drive a long way to find good furniture and >>> housewares >>> most likely. And fusion restaurants based on culinary ideas that >>> are, to >>> say >>> the least, overelaborated -- porobably not enough of those >>> either. I'm >>> guessing. Where you live. >>> >>> Vince >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> And eer is not a real word! >>>> >>>> Just because it's in dictionary.com doesn't make it a word for >>>> scrabble!!! >>>> ;-) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Sonny >>>> http://www.sonc.com >>>> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>>> (+31.754164,-093.099080) >>>> >>>> USA >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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