Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Super portrait! This is the same lens on a 1954 vintage M3, which was bought with the camera, taken many moons ago: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album333/Aditya.jpg.html Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> wrote: > > I often use the elmar 50 - 2.8 collapsible on my M8, I find it to be a > very sharp and also soft lens, cf this portrait of my brother in law > Bernard. Not too good for landscapes, though. > Jean-Michel<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/PORTRAITS/PORTRAITS.jpg.html> > > Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:51:41 -0400 >> From: mark at rabinergroup.com >> To: lug at leica-users.org >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Back to film! >> >> When my X, Karen who many of you know got her M6 a decade back her choice >> of >> glass was the modern 50 2.8 Elmar collapsible which she got in "chrome". I >> was very envious of it but now have thanks to a LUG friend a very old 3.5 >> 50 >> Elmar collapsible which came with my IIIF. I do feel very Barnack like >> when >> shooting with it. The results I've gotten with it for me have plenty of >> resonance; glow; fingerprint. Though I have a 3.5 35mm Summaron and a 90 >> elmar I only get this feeling when using the 50 which I believe is decades >> older. >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> > From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> > Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:07:32 -0500 >> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Back to film! >> > >> > George, >> > >> > I think you will find that the 50mm 2.8 Elmar is the exception to the >> > rule. >> > It was a modernization and slight improvement on the 50/3.5 Elmar, and >> > kept >> > the same name. >> > >> > Jim Nichols >> > Tullahoma, TN USA >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com> >> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:55 PM >> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Back to film! >> > >> > >> >> >> >> On Jul 14, 2012, at 2:27 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote: >> >> >> >>> Well, I have several of those too, Mark. When I wrote "old" I meant >> >>> the old 50/2.8 not the modern "new" 50/2.8 Elmar. I'd love to have one >> >>> of those. I keep my eyes open every Friday. >> >> >> >> I thought 2.8 always = elmarit >> >> no? >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> George Lottermoser >> >> george at imagist.com >> >> http://www.imagist.com >> >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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