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Subject: [Leica] Old, small 35 Summilux on M8
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:33:21 -0500
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at 
earthlink.net>wrote:

> You can certainly say that there is a "Painterly" quality about the old 35
> Summilux when shot at F1.4 on the M8.  ( Henning.. is that Coma that I
> see?)
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> I am also certain, there are a lot of other expressions you could use...
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> I had tested this lens on my M6 with film,.  It came as a weak ( but 1 stop
> faster) brother to the F2 Summicron.
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> Double ( Triple?  Quadruple?) Ditto in digital..  But the 35 V3 Summicron
> has that same look... just not as extreme...not nearly.
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> No other 35 (that I own) touches the 35 ASPH Lux ( the non-floating element
> version).  Not close.
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> Getting ready for a trip, and needed to know what my lenses would produce,
> and which to take...( No, I have not decided yet...)
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> Interestingly, one of the sharpest lenses I own on the M8 is the 135 3.4
> APO
> Telyt.  But a lot are close...
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> There were some surprises on the positive side.. most are spot on for
> focus.
> that surprised me as many are from the 80's and 90's.
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> BTW, bought a (not a favorite of many)  40 Nokton F1.4 to try out... not
> here yet, but will test and see if it is better than my other choices...
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> For those that want to know.. Tripod mounted M8, focused about 20 feet away
> ( travel trip, travel distances), at max aperture, no hoods.  3 exposures
> per shot, all refocused from scratch.  Shutter speed varied but in the
> 1/1000 range. ( no movement allowed!)  Day was overcast.  About F8 on the
> sunny 16 chart.  No wind.  Evaluated in LR4, no sharpening, at 1:1.   Dell
> i7 processor system.  20 inch Samsung 204B screen..
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> Frank Filippone
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> Red735i at earthlink.net
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