[Leica] IMG: Leica Image Revisited

Jim Nichols jhnichols at lighttube.net
Thu May 21 13:37:14 PDT 2020


Thank you, again, Lluis.  I tried several of the 1930s lenses, and the 
Elmar was one of the best.  Mine was probably post-war, and was coated.  
In a pinch, I also used it as an enlarging lens.

On 5/21/20 3:31 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote:
> Nice portrait, I had the Elmar 5cm f 3.5 and in my opinion that lens performs very well, even wide open
> LLuis
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>> El 19 maig 2020, a les 5:30, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va escriure:
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>> When I saw Alan's Wayback Photo - Fluid Artist, my mind immediately jumped to one of the first Leica images I ever shot, with a Leica IIIa and coated Elmar 50/3.5 lens, 68 years ago.  The subject is my young wife, about a year into our marriage.
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>> This has always been one of my favorite photos of her.  I was curious to see if my modern post-processing software could improve on the image I scanned many years ago.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Donna+Umbrella+1952.jpg.html
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>> I will have to admit that we've come a long way from the camera store processing of the 1950s.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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