Re: [Leica] 1953 LTM Summarit 50/1.5?

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

Mike:

I am not sure what you are telling me.   What I was saying is that I
obtained some very good results from the Summarit I was using for college
newspaper, travel and family pictures.

While I still have that lens and an additional one I purchased at a low
price, I am using a collapsable Summicron on one M3 and a DR Summicron on
the other.  I did not need the film speed of the Summarit and decided to
follow the revues that indicated the Summicrons were better.

I am currently getting very fine results form the Summicrons.  Enough so to
satisfy me as an amatuer photographer.

Best regards,
Roland
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 10:05 AM
Subject: [Leica] 1953 LTM Summarit 50/1.5?


> Roland Smith: >>>>
> Everyone I have talked to about this lens has been highly critical.   I
> bought mine in 1957 new with a Leica IIIg and used it through college
> taking pictures indoor and out using available light exposing a large
> volume of film.   I always used the Leica lens shade out of doors to
> avoid lens flare.
>
> I have even had a slide enlarged to 24X36 onto a poster with great
> results.
>
> I got great results with it and have even acquired a second once since.
> I
> recommend the use of a lens shade out of doors.
> <<<<
>
>
> Roland,
> Sounds like the old disjunct...some people only demand that a lens be
> super-"sharp" and flare-free...others like lenses that make good
> pictures that they like. Sometimes the two overlap, sometimes not.
>
> I've owned or used exceptionally "sharp" lenses I didn't care for (the
> Pentax 43mm f/1.9 Limited or the 50mm Summilux-M come to mind), and I've
> owned "bad" lenses that I really loved.
>
> It all depends what you're looking for....
>
> --Mike
>
>