[Leica] Nickel Elmar on an M8

[jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)]

How are you going to get it to mount on your giant Nikon dSLR? Do you still
have a Leica body?

On Feb 4, 2008 5:40 PM, Christopher Williams <leicachris@worldnet.att.net>
wrote:

> Hmmm, Mardi Gras challenge? Perhaps my uncoated Elmar's coming...........
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 5:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nickel Elmar on an M8
>
>
> >I am tempted to go out tomorrow to shoot Mardi Gras day with a 50/2.8
> Elmar
> > LTM that I got from DAG.
> >
> > On Feb 4, 2008 4:53 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote:
> >
> >> At 4:45 PM -0600 2/4/08, Jeffery Smith wrote:
> >> >Is there any haze in the lens? That just seems too low in contrast for
> a
> >> >clean lens.
> >> >Jeffery
> >> >
> >> >On Feb 4, 2008 4:31 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>  Here are some photos I took on a short lunchtime walk. I used an
> >> >>  uncoated nickel Elmar from a 1931 Leica Standard. The lens
> collapses
> >> >>  fully into the body (and the shutter works fine after it's extended
> >> >>  again :-)). I didn't use a lenshood for this series. A grey, cold,
> >> >>  medium overcast day. Photos at everything except very close
> distances
> >> >>  are very low contrast with lots of flare, but can be easily punched
> >> >>  up in Lightroom. Not easy to clip the shadows with this lens, and
> the
> >> >>  highlights are rarely gone either.
> >> >>
> >> >>  I'm working right now in an office in the poorest part of town, and
> it
> >> >>  shows.
> >> >>
> >> >>  http://tinyurl.com/2xqonx
> >>
> >>
> >> Yes, there is a bit of haze. The optics of the lens are generally in
> >> fine shape, but the lens has never been cleaned. A friend of the
> >> family bought it new. I know for sure it never had any servicing
> >> (body or lens) since 1956.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>    *            Henning J. Wulff
> >>   /|\      Wulff Photography & Design
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> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Jeffery L. Smith
> > New Orleans, LA
> >
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Jeffery L. Smith
New Orleans, LA