Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Lenses Old & New
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 13:43:08 -0400

Ya know, the Lyka glow...The Lyka thumb print....Not quite sharp, bit of
flare/glo...:-)

B. D.

P.S. And none of my current lenses - Leica, Nikon - or that on the Olympus
XA - deliver the look of the Kodak Bantam I had in 1960...Thank God!



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> Krechtz@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 1:28 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Lenses Old & New
>
>
> In a message dated 9/25/00 10:13:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> daverk@email.msn.com writes:
>
>
> << For example none of the current 50mm Leica lenses deliver the
> look of my
> c.
> 1950 f/3.5 Elmar. For B/W photography I *love* this lens.  >>
>
> Well, please don't leave us hanging!   Can you verbalize what
> makes the lens
> that desirable and describe the nature of the image it produces?
>
> Joe Sobel
>