Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, My Leica IIIf, with Summaron 35/3.5, sits on the shelf behind me. It is a nice, compact kit. I would use it, but local film processing has all but disappeared, except for Walgreen, which I find pathetic. I have used the Summaron several times, set to hyperfocal distance, on digital bodies, and it works that way, also. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 10/20/2016 12:47 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > My 35mm f3.5 Summaron was made from 1949 to 1960 in screw mount. > It was made from 1954 to 1960 in M mount. > In 1958 they started making a 35mm Summaron in f 2.8 as a result of new > glasses (Laney) in either screw mount of M mount. > The same year 1958 the 35mm Summicron came out at f 2. > If they make a Summicron now at something other than f2 someone's going to > not be pleased. I doubt they will. > > > On 10/20/16 1:38 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> I have a 35mm f3.5 Summaron which I got for my IIIF in January 2007. I >> ended >> up using it way more often than the 50mm f3.5 Elmar collapsible which I >> got >> with the camera. My 90mm f4 Elmar completes my LTM system. >> >> >> >> On 10/19/16 1:58 PM, "Jim Shulman" <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote: >> >>> Suddenly it's 1955. That was the speed of their "replacement" Summaron >>> (the one that replaced the f6.3 model!) Meanwhile, Nikon and Canon were >>> making 3.5 28s in LTM (with Canon going one better, with a 2.8) It was a >>> strangely obsolete max aperture then, and certainly now. >>> >>> Go figure.... >>> Jim >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > >