Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 9 Sep 1997 Leikon35@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 97-09-09 07:51:41 EDT, you write: > > Richard - Thats an easy one since you can put an adapter ($75) on almost > any LTM lens & use it on a "M". I personally like the massive 125/2.5 > Hektor with a half inch dia. opaque disk in the center (ala Thambar) as it > will allows hundreds of combinations of "glow" both with the filter & w/o. > My 2nd choice would be the 50/1.5 Summarit that comes in both LTM > and M. They are also much less costly than the Hektor and are actually > quite sharp stopped down but really "glow" at f:1.5. Since the Hektor > comes only in a short mnt, it has to be used with a Visoflex but I under- > stand that there have been successful coversions even of the 120/2.5 > Hektor Slide Projector Lens (which is the 125 actually is) but of course > it will have no diaphragm. > ************************************Marvin > Moss******************************** > << > Could anyone suggest either a 35mm or 50mm older lens with a bayonet mount > that may give me more of that "Leica" glow? Maybe I could just take a new > 50mm Summicron and scratch the front surface enough so that it contributes > more glow <bg> Interesting thought that the more you use your lenses and > scratch them up, the more glow you get and the more characteristic Leica > images they produce. Now where's that sand paper I keep in the garage? > > Thanks, > > Richard > --- >> > > It used to be that we got that certain look when we didn't want it. Now that we want it, just go back to the old-time lenses. The most famous one (with the "look") is the 50mm f/2 Summar. It's uncoated and usually always much scratched. Use that near wide-open and I guarantee a wonderful soft look. Uncoated 50mm Elmars are too good. Forget them. I once had a 90mm f/4 uncoated Elmar with the "look". In the older days we got rid of those lenses as soon as we could afford the "good" ones. Ed Meyers