Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffrey, The collapsible Summicron is a lovely lens. You will find that to F4 the edges are soft but the center third is very good although contrast is a little low. The contrast thing is not too bad as in low light you usually have too much contrast. The other issue is flare, a light in the lens will flare pretty badly so shooting into strong light provides a very old fashioned image. The above are the difficulties with the lens. Over all rendition is very nice with the traditional Leica rounded sharpness, very smooth and transitions from sharp to unsharp are quite lovely. Even badly flared images when corrected in PS look like nothing else available today. Check availability and pricing as the Summitar is probably just as good but with more curvature of field than the Summicron. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jeffery Smith Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 9:39 AM To: Leica Users Group; mugers@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Leica] Collapsible Summicron 50/2 Anyone have impressions of the 50/2 collapsible Summicron? Jeffery Smith _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information