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Subject: [Leica] IMG: PAW 4 dlridings Now Summitar
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun Jan 28 13:59:58 2007
References: <a2f8f4470701280126t1f406ba2p9b7abdb801abf917@mail.gmail.com><9b678e0701280713u1a091eaar4b55d77925dc41f5@mail.gmail.com><a2f8f4470701281243n36f5f35aj3798f4fead6a21df@mail.gmail.com><007901c74324$e7df4040$2101a8c0@luispersonal> <CBB201A1-B337-45D6-9C6B-FB9F3C134222@mindspring.com>

Ric,

I use a Series VI slip-on adapter that takes Series VI filters and a Series 
VI shade.  The shade is round, 1.75" in diameter, and the combined depth of 
the adapter and shade is only 0.625".  It seems to take care of business for 
me.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric Carter" <ricc@mindspring.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: PAW 4 dlridings Now Summitar


> Do you guys find that it needs a good shade, or does it even make a 
> difference?
>
> I've got one I haven't used a lot. The shade kinda defeats the 
> compactness of the collapsible.
>
> Ric
>
>
> On Jan 28, 2007, at 4:40 PM, Luis Ripoll wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>>
>> I absolutely agree with the " ....Summitar _is_ a very  underestimated 
>> lens.
>> I liked it like that (before) because it allowed me to pick one up  at a
>> decent price...."
>>
>> For curiosity....what do you mind for a decent price?, I've paid  for 
>> mine
>> about 200$, and I'm fully satisfied with it, please look at these 
>> examples:
>>
>> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5210114
>>
>> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5210116
>>
>> I think you and me ... And many other Luggers we have a lot of  things in
>> common, ahhhh! The romantic old stuff! Is like a old whisky more  than 18
>> years old!, that I like very much too!
>>
>> Saludos cordiales
>> Luis
>>
>>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En  nombre 
>> de
>> Daniel Ridings
>> Enviado el: domingo, 28 de enero de 2007 21:44
>> Para: Leica Users Group
>> Asunto: Re: [Leica] IMG: PAW 4 dlridings
>>
>> Thanks Don, Jim and Luis,
>>
>> Don ... I'm glad you suggested that. I guess you could tell I was a 
>> little
>> unsure about these. There was something in them that I liked, but I 
>> hadn't
>> succeeded in pulling it out. It was something abstract that I felt was
>> there. I felt that when I saw them, before I took them, I just  couldn't 
>> put
>> my finger on it.
>>
>> Jim, the Summitar _is_ a very underestimated lens. I liked it like  that
>> (before) because it allowed me to pick one up at a decent price.
>>
>> The bokeh can get dominating when you shoot it wide-open at close  focus, 
>> but
>> once you get the hang of it, it is a nice lens, no doubt about it.
>>
>> Thanks all!
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>> On 1/28/07, Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Daniel,
>>> I rather like the bottom image.  Take a look at it with the  background
>>> line of trees cropped out; it becomes a more interesting abstract  to my
>> eyes.
>>>
>>> Don
>>> don.dory@gmial.com
>>>
>>> On 1/28/07, Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's been a cold, damp week:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dlridings.com/paw2007/4.html
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
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