[Leica] Speed Panchro II lens review

[Richard Man]

I love the Cooke lens. I have taken well over 1000+ sheets of 4x5 color
portraits with my Cooke PS945. Of course I ordered this lens. Looking
forward to it.

For a few months, I used a Deep Field Panchro with my Hasselblad 203FE.
Love it. Too expensive to keep :-/ Maybe later.

On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 1:24 PM Mark Kronquist via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> I own them all they are superb.  Tony Rose Popflash photo 805 492 1628 is
> us distributor.  Elcan discontinued he has last few for sale. new speed
> pancro on way new noct as well. mark pix on fb markkronquist and instagram
> kronquistm
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 22, 2023, at 11:19 AM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you for speaking up about new optical paint brushes.  While I
> believe
> > that a collection of vintage lenses will produce as interesting results;
> > the new entrants in the field of lens defect enjoyment will be much
> > appreciated as the old school repair folk leave the field.
> >
> > As you may have seen, I have been introducing vintage lenses into my
> weekly
> > posts, hoping to encourage our members to go outside and find interesting
> > things to photograph.  Your review brings up an old enjoyment of trying
> new
> > tools to change the look and feel of our images.  I do certainly enjoy
> the
> > clinical look achievable with the new designs.  That doesn't mean that
> the
> > older designs don't have a lot of appeal for the look.
> >
> > It may be just me, but I think these older lenses do "look" better when
> in
> > B&W.
> >
> >> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 10:08 AM Richard Clompus via LUG <
> >> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> I’ve been a member of the LUG for more than a decade.  Most of the
> time, I
> >> read everyone’s entries but don’t post very often.  I really do miss Ted
> >> Grant’s words of wisdom that appeared alm almost weekly for a very long
> >> time. I recently retired and have a bit more time to spend with the
> >> grandkids and photography. As time has gone on, there is much less
> >> discussion about equipment on the LUG.  I suspect most of us have what
> we
> >> need in lenses and camera bodies.
> >>
> >> I decided to write again (favorite past time from my professional career
> >> as an eye doc) and published an article yesterday on PetaPixel about a
> >> cinema replica lens for Leica and other cameras. It fits a trend of
> >> resurrecting optics from decades ago to compliment the latest and
> greatest
> >> apo designs.  And its from China. A LHSA member wrote a review about
> their
> >> ELCAN replica lens that was quite positive.  I thought I’d share my
> >> recviuew.  Its an interesting lens.  Here’s the link:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> https://petapixel.com/2023/03/21/light-lens-lab-50mm-f-2-review-the-classic-speed-panchro-ii-reborn/
> >>
> >>
> >> Stay healthy & Be well,
> >> Richard
> >>
> >> Richard Clompus
> >> Roanoke, VA
> >>
> >>
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> >
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