Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If its the case that the DR and regular Summicron is the same glass then one thing the DR has is its build which is curiously better than any other Leica lens I've come upon. The lens is just gorgeous. Compare it to a silver spray painted modern M lens. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Christopher Saganich <chs2018 at med.cornell.edu> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:22:14 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Salgado S2 now DR contrast > > Thanks Montie. I agree that the DR's and rigid > 50's (i've never used one of those but I think > they are the same formula) are wonderful for > B&W...probably color as well but I wouldn't know > about that. The DR is pretty much my favorite > lens. This is based on my particular narrow > frame of triX in D23. I'm not sure if TriX is > considered a wide latitude film, however I use it > because I know I can shoot out on the beach at > noon and then later during a candle light dinner > and still have decent images all around. I > suppose that is some kind of wide lattitude. > > Chris