Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Jem: I'll experiment with the wide open close focus and see if I get the same effect. Best regards, Roland - ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 5:34 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Summaron comments solicited > Roland, > if you like character in your lenses, that 35/1.5 comes with it in spades. > Best seen at full aperture with a close focus then look at the backround > recede and the vignetting occur. The abberation sweeps into the four corners > and the plane of focus is thrown towards infinity at the extremes too. > Weird and wonderful... > I'd debate the 'good conttrast' but then mine has had a hard life (before > me) and has probably lost some coating and a few chips of glass too. But > it's got a good weight and feel to it, very ergonomic. > > Jem > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roland Smith [SMTP:roland@dnai.com] > > > > I have a Summaron with eyes which I have used on my M3. It seems to be a > > good lens albeit a bit slow. > > > > I just acquired a Canon 35mm f1.5 which seems to have good contrast and is > > quite sharp. It is an LTM which I am using on my M3s and my M4-2. I will > > probably use it more than I will my Summaron when I use my M4-2. > > > > Roland Smith > > roland@dnai.com > > > > >