Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D., I think that the SP is one of those cameras that has great specs, but just doesn't carry it off well. The exception would be the motor. In the late fifties, to have a mostly reliable motor might make one accept a lot of compromises. Although, I would have to say that someone who knew how to make the MP sing would run rings around the motor as it always worked and no batteries were required. Trying to keep the early motors working in jungle conditions would be a nightmare. The viewfinder is not as clear, the rangefinder patch is so, so, and the wide angle viewfinder is convenient for being attached but not as good in any way as a good external finder with framelines. I have tried to love the SP but it just does not compare to an M3/2 in the key focus/viewfinder department. On the other hand, the Nikon F has a whole different feel about it, definately the best in class for the era. 0.02 Don don.dory@gmail.com On 1/6/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: > > Ah, an SP - A camera I've never known and always lusted after, perhaps > irrationally. Of course I've long believed that if Nikon had stayed in the > rangefinder game, continually updating the SP, Leica would have died > decades > ago, because at one point virtually every working photographer would have > paired Fs and SPs. > > > On 1/6/06 3:34 PM, "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: > > > That's a good take on it. > > > > It is with great, but successful, effort that I repress the memory of > > the Nikon SP rangefinder that I tried to fix (from about the same > > era). I left it with a repairman friend in a shoebox when I left the > > states. That shutter spring went: boi-ng > > > > :-) > > > > It's irrational, I know. But what the hell ... I do a lot of this just > > for the fun of it so it is at least enjoyable. > > > > Found my charger to the D100. The cemetery shots were with color film > > ... that was for the birds. Don't have any historical baggage when it > > comes to color :-) > > > > Daniel > > > > On 1/6/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: > >> There is something infatuating about the LTMs that I suspect has more > to do > >> with our personal historic association with them than with anything > >> photographic. It's not unlike the attachment some of us have to certain > >> early rock and roll/pop music - it may really be a tad mediocre, but we > >> bundle it up with when we first heard it, who we were with, and what > that > >> time meant to us. > >> > >> Ah, MTV killed the radio. ;-) > >> > >> > >> On 1/6/06 3:18 PM, "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Oh, there's nothing wrong with the Summitar, sorry if I implied it. I > >>> just happened to see these two on the negatives I was looking at. I > >>> like it because it can collapse. > >>> > >>> I used it all New Year's Eve wide-open and I don't have any complaints > >>> at all in those shots. > >>> > >>> But then again, I'm easy to please. > >>> > >>> I am childishly infatuated with the IIIf. Don't know why. Probably > >>> because I finally got one back after trading one in long, long ago so > >>> that I could buy Leica M's. > >>> > >>> Daniel > >>> > >>> > >>> On 1/6/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > >>>> I find it difficult to compare both since they're used in different > >>>> situations. > >>>> But the Summitar sure looks good. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Op 6-jan-06, om 20:04 heeft Daniel Ridings het volgende geschreven: > >>>> > >>>>> These are just two shots I ran off to compare the Summitar and Elmar > >>>>> that I have for the IIIf. I already know that the Jupiter-8 is a > >>>>> top-class lens. I ran across a Summitar for a reasonable price (a > tad > >>>>> over 100 USD) that was in near perfect condition, so I couldn't > >>>>> resist. > >>>>> > >>>>> Summitar > >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/iiif/05v52_0001 > >>>>> > >>>>> Elmar > >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/iiif/05v52_0002 > >>>>> > >>>>> Daniel > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >