Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/22

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Subject: [Leica] Soft in the corners
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Sun Jul 22 07:48:49 2007
References: <46A36724.9060608@hemenway.com> <46A36AE4.2000809@gmx.de>

Hi Doug:

I think you already knew that.  ;-)

This lens, the SMC Takumar 29mm is an old design and is soft in the 
corners.  It's not as good a lens as some of my newer ones, but I still 
like it for some outings.

Jim

Douglas Sharp wrote:

> 20mm Jim? I see you're a fan of "long" lenses too ;-) .
> Thanks for taking us along on your walk.
> Love the Ektachrome colours - best slide film there is for skies and 
> clouds.
> Cheers
> Douglas
> 
> 
> Jim Hemenway wrote:
> 
>> Minuteman Nat'l Historic Park is only a few miles away from me, so I 
>> go there a lot just to take a walk and shoot some photos.
>>
>> Here's four taken with an old Spotmatic and wide angle Takumar 20mm lens:
>>
>> http://www.hemenway.com/MNHP-Spotmatic-20mm-07122007/
>>
>> Jim
>>


In reply to: Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Spotmatic)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] Spotmatic)