Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/02
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I've never used any other Pentax lens but the Pentax 43/1.9 lens in LTM is
one sharp lens.
Greg Lorenzo
Calgary, Canada
> From: jhnichols at lighttube.net
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 21:07:12 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Night Shot, Leica M9 With Summilux 35 Severely
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> The tripod probably made the biggest difference, from what I recall of the
> Jupiter shot. I'm not knocking the less expensive lenses. One of the best
> shots that I have made recently was with a Pentax M42 Takumar 50/1.4 lens
> on
> my Olympus E-1. The old 50s make nice portrait lenses.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Lorenzo" <gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group LUG" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Night Shot, Leica M9 With Summilux 35 Severely
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>
> >
> >
> > Jim Nichols writes:
> >
> >> Hi Greg,
> >>
> >> To me, this one is much sharper than the previous one made with the
> >> Jupiter
> >> lens. It's nice to be able to read the tube labels on the chasis. Nice
> >> work.
> >
> >
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> >
> >
> > I was shooting the Jupiter wide open, hand held. The Summilux stopped
> > down
> > on a tripod.
> >
> >
> >
> > The Leica lens costs about 22 times more then (the made in 1963) Soviet
> > lens so it should be much sharper.
> >
> >
> >
> > Haven't directly compared the two but I like the Jupiter very much for
> > portraits of Grandma and the way it renders colour images.
> >
> >
> >
> > Greg Lorenzo
> >
> > Calgary, Canada
> >
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