Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]\ > Perhaps the lecturer was referring to the Summar, the first of the 50 > mm f2.0 Leica lenses. This was a much softer, low contrast lens and > retracted even flatter than the Summitar. I got one of these a few > years ago on a really beat up Leica III I bought at a flea market for > $50. I used it a few times but the low contrast, soft images were not > my cup of tea. I guess I'm far too used to the snappy images of the > later Leica lenses. > > Larry Z > > Did you have it cleaned? I think if I'd get a lens of that vintage I'd get it cleaned there's always some wale blubber haze or whatever it is in Leica lens of a certain age. Mark Rabiner 8A/109s New York, NY markrabiner.com