Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Julio: Don't give up on that hood. It truly stops all the stray light, it's nice and deep and it is transparent in the viewfinder. You won't find a nicer hood for a 50mm, except perhaps the 12585, which is the same hood in metal. Tom PS: K64 too grainy? sell the Leica and buy a blad. >I just got a summicron 50, the version before the current one, from Don >Chatterton. It looks excellent. The hood is the plastic round one with a >couple of holes. I would prefer a squarish, more compact one like the 35 >summicron. Is there anything out there? > >I'm going to try it out tomorrow with some Kodacrome 25, which is also a >first for me. I just tried out K64 last week, got some nice people >pictures with nice balanced tones, but found out to be a bit grainy for >my taste. > >-Julio Thomas Kachadurian - ------------------- www.kachadurian.com