Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 23:55 20/11/97 -0500, you wrote: > I'd like to get a lens for my M3 for taking portraits. IMHO, for this >application, the ultimate in sharpness and contrast is not always a virtue. >I've considered getting a pre-War 135mm f/4.5 Hektor and a screwmount to M >adaptor. The rationale would be that using it wide open and the lack of >coating would probably give a kind of softness to the image. In addition, by >getting it in LTM, I'll be able to use it when I get my IIIc. (Note I didn't >say "if." <g>) > Comments? Alternative suggestions? > Many thanks. > Howard Sanner You could also consider the 90mm/f4 Elmar from the 30's. One of those would give that effect also. You can find them quite cheaply- just make sure your one (whichever of these you get) isn't one that is mechanically stiff in the focusing or aperture ring. Some of these won't have been serviced; see if you can find one that has been, so the lubricants are still lubricating and not glueing. Joe Berenbaum