Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/24

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Subject: [Leica] Salgado S2 now DR contrast
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:29:06 +0930
References: <6.2.5.6.2.20100924101342.037f1410@med.cornell.edu> <C8C27C9E.3FF7%mark@rabinergroup.com>

The DR has the same formula as the 11818 'Type II' Rigid, produced
from 1957-1969, which has seven elements.  The newer Summicon 50s have
six elements and are a completely different design (which is similar
to that of most modern 50/2 and 50/1.8 lenses) as well as of obviously
different construction.

Marty

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 5:34 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich) ([Leica] Salgado S2 now DR contrast)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Salgado S2 now DR contrast)