Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, All.... I've owned one of the "older" summicrons (l968 or so) 35/f2, for about 20 years, have shot it on 50% of all my pictures, and you know what? It makes great pictures....yeah, I use it wide open, when I need to in available light, O/W I use whatever stop gives me 1/250 sec....I never even THOUGHT about it's "performance"....it's Leica, so it's probably at least fair, but ya know what? the pictures are sharp and hopefully meaningful....back to my LUG bashing, most "shooters" don't think about all this crap....they shoot, expecting the best, and usually get something OK.....if not, then they might worry about it....jeez Walt On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, dan states wrote: > Hi Bill, I agree that the effect can sometimes be usable, and I have > produced some unique shots when I kept it in mind. I guess I would > rather try to achieve said effects in the dark room, and at least have > the option of sharp results in the field. I have had many occasions > where I had to resort to a faster film to hand hold the shots. I > dislike most fast films for the obvious image quality reasons and would > certainly appreciate an extra stop of usable speed. > There also that nasty question of price...I paid $1,100 for my lens > new....I was expecting perfection.... > > I am curious about users of the oldest versions of the 35 F2. Many feel > it was better than the last non asph. How does the older lens' edge > quality compare to the newer version? > > Best Wishes > Dan > . > > > >I know this is going to sound blasphemous to this list, but there are > some > >Leica users who actually like this crummy effect. Chances are, if you > are > >shooting wide open with fast film then the light is not very available > and > >edge unsharpness becomes an effect. And I can't get that same crummy > effect > >with my Nikon 35mm f2. The Nikon prints don't have the same sharp, > unsharp > >look (glow) that the Leica prints do. I hope there is more to > photography, > >Leica photography even, than edge to edge tack sharpness. If there > isn't, > >I'm doomed. ~:) > > > >Bill Franson > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >