Re: [Leica] Summarex question

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

I have been curious about about theater shots and have not been sure where
to start with with 3200 film.   What film speed and exposure did you use?

Roland Smith
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Simon Pulman-Jones <spulmanjones@lbs.ac.uk>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 4:21 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Summarex question


> Marc,
>
> Having looked at a ZOOEP yesterday I think the lens head of the Summarex
is
> going to be too large to fit any of the existing focus mounts - but I'm
> going to contact Malcolm Taylor, an English Leica repairer and restorer
who
> is happy to have a go at making anything he thinks might be possible, to
> see if he can make me up a focus mount.
>
> I'm very happy with what I shot with the Summarex in a theatre a couple of
> days ago - the main limitation is that over-exposed highlights, especially
> under theatre spot lights, get an abundance of the ethereal Leica glow -
> which means that you have to expose for the highlights and lose shadow
> detail if you don't want halos everywhere that make the picture look like
> religious kitsch.  Even so, it's a much more useful lens than I expected -
> and it is the most solidly and beautifully constructed Leica lens that I
> have yet seen.
>
> Simon.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc James Small [SMTP:msmall@roanoke.infi.net]
> Sent: 06 January 2000 00:42
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Summarex question
>
> At 11:40 AM 1/5/2000 -0000, Simon Pulman-Jones wrote:
> >
> >My question is this - the lens head of the Summarex unscrews behind the
> >aperture ring making me wonder whether it can be fitted to one of the
> >focusing mounts for the viso - such as the ZOOEP for the 90 Summicron.
>
> I cannot find a reference to this but, of course, am hungry to learn more!
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
>