[Leica] Old Leica lenses

[phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard)]

Looks like the asph offers a sharper tree in the distance, but this may 
be due to the change in lighting conditions too.
Interesting comparison.
Thanks for sharing
phx


Leonard Taupier wrote:

> Ever since I purchased my M8 I've been experimenting with it and my  
> older LTM Leica lenses. This not only gives me an idea on what my  
> film photos taken with the Leica III series bodies will look like but  
> it allows me to compare performance to the modern lenses. I find the  
> older Summars, Xenons and Summarits are very low contrast, flare  
> easily and definitely need a lens hood at all times.  However that  
> does not mean they are low resolution lenses. The next 5 photos will  
> demonstrate what to expect from a 50mm Summarit directly from the  
> camera and then 3 easy post processing steps ending up with the  
> comparison of the final photo compared to a 50mm Summilux Asph.
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> First I would like to mention that none of the photos have sharpening  
> applied during the process.
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> The first photo is taken directly from the camera and has not been  
> altered except to convert it from a raw file to a jpeg. All the  
> Summarit photos are from the same M8 digital photo. It has low  
> contrast even at f4.
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Summarit/L1008908.jpg.html>
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> The 2nd photo is the same as the first except the saturation was  
> reduced to zero in the raw converter.
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Summarit/ 
> L1008908_BW.jpg.html>
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> The third is the original except Auto Levels was used on the image.  
> Things are looking better.
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Summarit/L1008908a.jpg.html>
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> The fourth photo is the same as the third except contrast was  
> increased +20 and green was increased +20 in Color balance.
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Summarit/ 
> L1008908a_Color_Contrast.jpg.html>
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> or
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> http://tinyurl.com/373sce
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> The final picture is a comparison shot to a 50mm Summilux, unaltered.
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Summarit/ 
> L1008910_SummiluxAsph.jpg.html>
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> or
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> http://tinyurl.com/37tctj
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> The Summarit lens cost me $275  1 1/2 years ago. The Summilux cost me  
> $2350 two years ago.
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> Regards,
> Len
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