Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter wrote:
>Leica IIIf 5cm Summarit BW400CN
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>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album164/Blackheathvillage200503
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>comments - favourable or otherwise - are welcome as always.
Peter - great to see what 'real Leicas' can do!
Nice atmospheric shot. But I scrolled down and down, and there was
nothing but snow and more snow in the bottom half. So I reduced it in
size until I could see the whole shot, and, FWIW, I would have
cropped this shot at the bottom so it was about 25% snow and the
landscape/buildings were more the main point of interest. Your
mileage may differ.
Glad to see that someone else out there is using the 50/1.5 Summarit.
I use mine with an even more venerable IIIa and a 50mm b/l finder,
which is a revelation in terms of ease of composing shots.
Recently I took this combo to Barcelona after the lens's overhaul
(actually total rebuild and re-coat) by UK Leica wizard, Malcolm
Taylor, who did such a good job on my wonderful 85/1.5 Summarex.
Before Malcolm got at it, the Summarit was a very 'atmospheric' lens.
It flared like crazy contre-jour. Now, as you can see from the
Barcelona shot, it's absolutely fine in high contrast situations.
See:
http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor/
The story of my Summarex can be found there too.
Nice shot - thanks for sharing a little bit of England.
Best
A.
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