Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/28
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Favorite 50-s:
Jupiter 3 1.5/50 (NO OTHER lens was such sharp,
tomorrow I will send this and one more
lens to Michael E. Berube for a Elmar 4/90,
so I am somewhat sad.....
This is a "Noctilux" of LTMs - fast and sharp
Sonnar copy, couples perfectly with RF and
is >LIGHT< . Altough this is not a lens
I would take on a desert island - at f/1.5
any focusing takes a while to be exact;
at f/4 that fast lens doesn't make sense :-)
Sharper than Summitar till f/4.
Summitar Marc Small repeatedly told me :) that this
is his favourite lens. I wondered why - was
very soft (comparing to Jupiter) wide open.
Then I made second or third film with it.
Wide open shots were not very sharp - twas
what I anticipated - but then I looked at
photos made in cafe - saw beautifully
reproduced lights - like real lights
when you wake up and see everything out
of focus and like that - like everything
is a small round dot of light...
This is my second favourite lens and most
favourite 50mm.
Industar 22 3.5/50 - Elmar copy? At least Tessar
derivative. Very sharp at the center,
soft at corners... At f/4 as sharp as Summitar,
then Summitar wins hands down..
This is a good lens. Small, enoughly fast
for street shooting - you don't need
faster lens - at 50 mm you never have enough
DOF, regardless of aperture set.. :-)
Jupiter 12 2.8/35 - THIS is my personal favorite.
SMALL, has built-in lens hood, LIGHT,
SHARP x 3, has marvellous contrast and pretty image,
especially compared to all those Voigtlanders.. :-)
But has a noticeable flare... Don't try to use it
to photograph street lanterns....
At 35 mm it has massive DOF, pretty perspective
and looks nice (black) :-)
Favourite SM Leicas:
Two IIIc from someone who saw my letter on LUG and
sent me them along with Summitar, Hektor,
lot of literature... ..and gave me the hope
that people are born good - only
life forces them sometimes in bad directions.. :-)
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St.
LeSabre
(Stanislaw B.A. Stawowy)
http://www.geocities.com/Stanislaw_Stawowy