Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks like a fine lens. Three excellent images. I like your handling of the light level in the moonrise shot. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 10/7/2014 11:54 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I got my ?new? 50mm collapsible Summicron from the Leica Shop in Vienna > last week. The lens is beauty, absolutely impeccable condition for a piece > of kit from 1953. I forgot of course that it was a screw mount lens, so I > had to wait a few more days for the Fotodiox LTM-M adapter to arrive from > Amazon. It did on Monday, so yesterday I finally had a chance to do some > testing. I am happy to report that the lens performs beautifully on the > M8. One of the joys of Leica is that you can take two pieces of equipment > that are 55 years apart and use them together. So here are three pictures, > the first two with the ?new? Summicron, and the third with a 90mm > Tele-Elmarit from the mid-1970s, another one of my favourite M lenses: > > Inhabitant of El Campello harbour: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3596330595&k=Qp72L9b&lb=1&s=O > > A Guinness on the beach (this is one is at the closest focusing distance > of 1 meter): > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3596330761&k=LbvScZr&lb=1&s=O > > Moon rising: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3596330965&k=jQCjLgh&lb=1&s=O > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >