Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've enjoyed pre-was T mount 35's but I believe they are really a bit too early and slow - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buzz Hausner" <buzz.hausner@verizon.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 4:58 PM Subject: [Leica] Barking Up the Wrong 35mm 2.0 Spherical > Whoa, Steve, this is an entirely different matter. The fourth > expression 35mm Summicron...both the Canadian and German built > versions...date from the Nineteen-Eighties. Granted, these lenses have > their own signature, but if you want to go for, "[T]he look and feel of > prints from 50's & 60's era optics," you should be considering earlier > editions of the 35mm lenses, of which there are a great many and about > which I know very little. I am certain that many other LUG > correspondents will be pleased to enlighten us both. > > Buzz Hausner > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Steven > Blutter > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:18 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm 2.0 Spherical question (M mount) > > I haven't done side by side comparrisons, I just know what I'm trying to > do, > which is maintain the look and feel of prints from 50's & 60's era > optics. > > Results that drew me to Leica from Nikon in the mid 60's... > > > > > > Buzz Hausner wrote: > > > This is interesting, I will have to review the archives and talk to > a > > > few other people. I have never heard anyone express a preference > for > > > German over Canadian lenses of this type and era. Anyone out there > have > > > real experience with both the German and the Canadian version of the > > > Spherical 35 Summicron IV? Is anybody talking to Sherry about a > repair > > > or service who might also ask her to expand on her impressions of > these > > > lenses? > > > > > > Buzz Hausner > > > > -- > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html