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Subject: Re: [Leica] Summicron M 2/28mm ASPH performance flare/vignetting photos
From: "Jim Laurel" <jplaurel@nwlink.com>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 23:29:08 -0700
References: <03E63C98-8802-11D7-A816-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca> <001101c31c26$03b78680$0100a8c0@liyue> <00ad01c31c38$3968ed70$70a72350@home> <003101c31c6e$37cd7d60$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> <006101c31c7a$166f8120$6400a8c0@mtwk.sps.mot.com> <001101c31cca$50826440$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> <p0510036dbaec76dddee0@[204.174.36.233]> <005201c31cd0$65cb3f60$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> <p0510036ebaec90f505c5@[204.174.36.233]> <3EC73032.FE4A46D3@transbay.net> <000601c31d74$6cf0fb50$0a01000a@basecamp2win> <015901c31db9$4e1414c0$049142da@liyue>

Most of those images were made with the Summilux 35 ASPH (the majority), the
Summicron 50, or Summicron 90 ASPH.  I carried the Elmarit 21 ASPH during
that year, but rarely used it.  And when I did, I didn't find the pictures
very satisfying.  The 21 ASPH is a technically great lens, but I'm learning
I just don't like the focal length because of the distortion when
photographing people in close quarters.  I'm finding the fast Summicron 28
to be much more useful for what I photograph.

- --Jim

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Y. Li" <liyue@netvigator.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Summicron M 2/28mm ASPH performance flare/vignetting
photos


> Hi Jim again. Are the images in your gallery
> http://homepage.mac.com/jplaurel/PhotoAlbum3.html#
> made with Summicron 28mm ASPH as well? At what aperture? They look very
> good.
>
> Cheers
>
> Y. Li
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Laurel" <jplaurel@nwlink.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 3:33 AM
> Subject: [Leica] Summicron M 2/28mm ASPH performance flare/vignetting
photos
>
>
> > Have a look at these images:
> > http://homepage.mac.com/jplaurel/PhotoAlbum6.html
> >
> > The image of the Himba woman was made with a Summicron 28 ASPH wide
open,
> > f2.0 at 1/60th sec around mid-day.  There was barely room for the two of
> us
> > in her hut.  The intensity of the light streaming in through the sticks
> that
> > form the hut's structure was intense.  If you've been to the Kaokoveldt
in
> > December (thier summer), you know what I mean.  The sun is searingly
> bright
> > and hot, with ambient temps up to 120 degrees F.
> >
> > Although a JPEG isn't a very good way to evaluate lens performance, I
> think
> > you can see that the Summicron 28 handled the bright backlighting very
> well
> > indeed.  And even wide open, I cannot detect any significant light
> falloff.
> >
> > The photo of the young Himba Boy was made with a current generation
> > Summicron 50.  Though you wouldn't know it, this was also taken at
> mid-day,
> > in the shadow of a small hut.  Aperture was probably around f2.8.
> >
> > --Jim Laurel
> > Seattle, WA
> >
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