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Subject: [Leica] Experiences with 35/3.5 Elmar and 35/3.5 Summaron - NowSummitar
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Sun May 6 15:40:10 2007
References: <000301c79023$4b507e50$619acc48@GATEWAY>

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
>>>
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