Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/03

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Subject: [Leica] Collapsible Summicron 50/2
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon May 3 15:22:01 2004
 
On 4/28/04 6:18 PM, "Marc James Small" <msmall@infionline.net> wrote:

> At 09:39 AM 4/26/04 -0500, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>> Anyone have impressions of the 50/2 collapsible Summicron?
> 
> Jeffrey, pardon my petulance, but what exactly do you want to know?  I shot
> for some years with one of these and have a high regard for it though, if
> pushed to the limit on collapsible lenses, I would seek out a 2/5cm CZJ
> Sonnar T.  
> 
> But the 2/5cm collapsible Summicron is a perfectly capable lens and will
> task you to reach its limits.  It often does not make photography easy but,
> in the end, I discovered that it is a better lens than I am a photographer
> 
> Marc
> 
Check out what this guy does with his CZJ Sonnar!

http://www.geocities.com/astroike/dsgally.htm

Mark Rabiner
Replies: Reply from daniel.ridings at muspro.uio.no (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Collapsible Summicron 50/2)
 In reply to: Message from msmall at infionline.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Collapsible Summicron 50/2)