Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A good, clean Summar with no microscratches (that front element is SOFT) can render a decent amount of contrast. Assuming that your example doesn't have the front element problem, a good cleaning should give a significant improvement in contrast. It won't rival your Summicron, but stopped down, it can be a decent performer. And wide open, mine has turned out some lovely portraits. As for flare, the Summar comes with a very deep hood that helps to control this. The hood for the 50/3.5 Elmar also fits, and while it isn't quite as good on flare control, it is certainly much more compact. Mark On 11/30/05, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: > > At 01:41 PM 11/30/2005, B. D. Colen wrote: > > >I'm not Ted, and I don't play Ted on t.v. - But good God, is this really > a > >serious question..."assume that the flat contrast is from the lens > >alone...do you think a lens like this is more detrimental than adding to" > >the photos? No, of course not, not unless you actually like flat, washed > >out, gray images. There's a reason that Leica no longer makes the same > >lenses it made in the 1930s! :-) > > That is a serious question. I guess the question is "how many people like > the 30s look?" :-) I mean not everything of course, but clearly > photography > isn't always about the most detailed, the highest contrast? I mean, there > are people shooting with Holga, Lomo, Lensbaby etc.! (but I confess I have > never tried any of those) > > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >