Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brilliant. :-) On May 6, 2007, at 5:12 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > That's what I used to identify it. It was the only 50 I don't have, > so I > used a process of elimination. ;-) > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Leonard > Taupier > Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 3:35 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Experiences with 35/3.5 Elmar and 35/3.5 > Summaron - > NowSummitar > > > Jeffrey, > > If memory serves me right (not a given), Graham shot a lot of his > beautiful landscapes with a Summitar on a IIIf. I might be wrong on > the photographer or the camera body but as soon as I saw the Summitar > photos I wanted one. Surely you have one in your 50's museum. > > Len > > > On May 6, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> I mean pancake flat, like an Elmar. Daniel want to put it in his >> trouser >> pocket. >> >> But now that you mention it, last week a guest speaker at the LHSA >> spring >> shoot mentioned some excellent low contrast Leica lenses, but I >> failed to >> write it down. Like you, I get terrible contrast problems in the >> subtropical >> sun down here. The lens he mentioned was probably single-coated, >> post-WWII. >> It wasn't the Summarit or the Summaron (I have both of those). My >> recollection (fuzzy) was that it was a Summitar. Anyone out there >> use one of >> those these days? >> >> Jeffery Smith >> New Orleans, LA >> http://www.400tx.com >> http://400tx.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> slobodan >> dimitrov >> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 2:07 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Experiences with 35/3.5 Elmar and 35/3.5 >> Summaron >> >> >> In my lighting environment, the harbors of LA and LB, their contrast >> suits me just fine. >> >> S. Dimitrov >> >> >> >> On May 6, 2007, at 11:09 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: >> >>> Yeah, I started one re: people's thoughts on 35mm LTM lenses, but I >>> didn't >>> care if they were FLAT. >>> >>> Jeffery Smith >>> New Orleans, LA >>> http://www.400tx.com >>> http://400tx.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >>> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >>> Daniel >>> Ridings >>> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 3:16 AM >>> To: Leica Users Group >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Experiences with 35/3.5 Elmar and 35/3.5 >>> Summaron >>> >>> >>> Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> >>>> Is it my brain or did we have a 35mm LTM thread last week or the >>>> week >>>> before Remember how I mentioned my Summaron? Others mentioned >>>> others? >>> >>> I am sorry to have missed it. I have had to pass over hundreds, if >>> not a >>> couple thousand, postings lately. I just haven't been able to keep >>> up. >>> >>> Thanks for the tip. I'll check out the archives. >>> >>> 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