Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I'm using a Summitar today! It is the sharper of my two Lietz lenses. I've got the barndoor hood on it, and it handles nicely. Now and then, I wish it closed down further than f 12.5, but I use it mostly from f2 to f8. I've been using it as a general purpose 5cm lens. The lens seems sharp enough to me. It is a little less contrasty than my Nikkor 5cm f2 screwmount lens. The Nikkor has a bit more snap at first look. However, the Summitar appears to have a more realistic, smoother gradation of tones. For example, the texture of clothes and of wood seems to have more detail and looks better with the Summitar than it does with the Nikkor. The character of the pictures with the screwmount Nikkor look pretty similar to those form my SLR Nikkor 50mm f2. So, I use the Summitar a lot. Where have you found yours to shine? - -Mark Walberg >######## >Who is using a 5cm Summitar today! >######## >Me ;-) >Alastair Firkin, >http://users.netconnect.com.au/~firkin/AGFhmpg.html