Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave, Could it be that the lighting, exposure, and focus were all perfect and that the lens was stopped done to say F8? If this is the case, almost any lens will yield a good photo providing the proper subject is in view. The Summaron LTM may be a dog comparatively speaking, but if it works for you and you are happy with the results, then for your purpose its just fine. Peter K - -----Original Message----- From: drodgers@nextlink.net [mailto:drodgers@nextlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 5:03 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: Summicron 35/2 wide open Dan: You wrote: >>I even have the 35/3,5 Summaron LTM which I had heard was such a dog.<< Sometimes I wonder where it got that reputation. I bought a 35/3.5 Summaron for $100 about 10-years-ago. After I bought it I heard through the grapevine that it was a dog. I sold it without every having seen any results. A month later I developed some film and printed one of the best photographs I've ever made. Guess which lens I'd used. It's slow. That's its only drawback. (I bought another one, but later sold it for that reason). In a way that lens sold me on the M system. Dave.