RE: [Leica] Leitz Summarit 5cm 1.5 139xxxx M mount

["Jeffery Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>]

> Actually some of them kind of mildew like create some very cool
> images. :-)
> Seriously! :-)
> ted

Mine mildewed, and it was in an air-conditioned house for most of its life.
I got the 50/1.5 Summarit with my M3 and M1. The bodies were mint; the lens
was moldy.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ted Grant
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 10:17 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leitz Summarit 5cm 1.5 139xxxx M mount
>
>
> Robert G. Stevens wrote:
> >>> With the cost of re coating a lens, it is probably cheaper to
> return the
> > lens to the seller and find one in better shape.  The Summarit
> is not that
> > sharp and contrasty even in the best of shape when used at the wider
> apertures.<<<<<<
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> But this is the part of the Summarit that invites moody kind of
> pictures......
> >>The Summarit is not that sharp and contrasty even in the best of shape
> <<<<<<<<
>
> If you use it where you want some interesting late night or
> shooting through
> blossoms or flowers at a beautiful woman and this lens is
> gorgeous wide open
> or nearly so.
>

>
> Ted Grant Photography Limited
> www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>
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