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Subject: [Leica] 3.5 cm. Elmar
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:16:49 -0500 (CDT)
References: <C7E4AD29.60FAF%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Yes, it does.   Maybe even 1946,   I like it.   This is shot with the  
original Elmar?

On Apr 9, 2010, at 9:08 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>> I'm looking for that older look of pictures from the 30's and 40's.
>> The 3.5cm Elmar might be a good place to start.   I wish I could get
>> some film that isn't a superfine grain modern emulsion.
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2010, at 11:37 PM, Chris Williams wrote:
>
>
>> From what I remember about Leica lore its the lens Max Berek made for
> Barnack which put Leica on the map in 1925 for the Leica 1.
> It does NOT look like what you get from a 50 Summicron or Nikor in  
> the past
> 20 years. Or 30. Or 40 years.
> It was designed 85 years ago.
>
> Here's a shot I made with mind a couple of years ago on a IIIF.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/061209_220947.jpg.html
>
> American flag and empire state building.
>
> Not a top grade scan but will do for the interim.
> Check out the lady at the very bottom edge.
> Black and white and this lens transformed the NY of 2006 to the NY  
> of 1966.
>
> [Rabs]
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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