Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:00 PM 12/14/01 -0800, Feliciano di Giorgio wrote: >Yeah, I was thinking about that. I was looking at getting a older piece >of Leica glass for my IIIc, to do some b/w 1930's looking work. Just >can't make up my mind if it's going to be a Summitar or Summarit. Elmars >are a little too slow for my taste. I'm going to take a wild guess here >and say the Summitar has more contrast than the Summarit? Sharpness may >be about the same? The Summitar is substantially sharper than the Summarit and has significantly better contrast, but it does lack the ability to go faster than f/2. And I'd go for a Summar or Xenon for that "1930's looking work", as the Summitar was only introduced at the end of 1939 and the Summarit in 1949. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html