Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Old Hassy lens
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 21:18:05 -0500
References: <200202091023.CAA24759@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

At 08:26 AM 2/10/02 -0500, Doug Nygren wrote:
>The other day I looked at an older 70s vintage 50 mm Zeiss lens for a
>Hasselblad.
>
>How does this lens compare with the new FLE 50 mm.
>
>I use Leica M lenses of older vintage and like them, though I know their
>more recent versions are even better. For example, I enjoy my 21 mm M
>lens though I know the 21 asypherical is even better.
>
>Does anyone have any experience with the FLE lenses? What's it like to
>have to set the floating element? If one doesn't get the distance right,
>what happens to the image you take? It's clear that this lens, let alone
>the camera itself, is not great for street photography.

Well, I'm not certain a lot of folks on the LUG would agree that a lens
only a quarter of a century old was especially "old"!

The FLE Distagon offers slight but significant advantages over the older
design, but, then, the older design is hardly a slouch, either.  It comes
down to money and how often you use the system.  I do not use my Hasselblad
gear all that often, being a Rolleiflex sort of guy, so I'm content with a
straight 4/50 Distagon.  But, if I used the Hasselblad more, I'd upgrade to
a FLE lens.

Marc

msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +276/343-7315
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