[Leica] IMG: An Unusual Airplane

[j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz)]

Thanks for your comments, Jim. I happen to use a IIIc either with a 
Summitar, Elmar 50 -3,5 or 35 - 3,5, once in a while, to avoid them getting 
rusty, and I must say I do enjoy the definite something I can get, the 
impression of traveling back to pioneering times when picture taking was 
adventurous activity and an opening to what seemed to be a new frontier. In 
fact, the lack  of crispness isn't a problem for me, it's the flare that's a 
bit hard to handle (obviously proper hoods are hard to find ... or 
non-existent) . But this is a solid, compact camera I can use without 
batteries and when I take the very short 35 - 3,5, I can take it anywhere 
with me - just in my pocket.Jean-MichelWhen I was a kid, I used to live 
close to an airfield where WWII veterans would refresh their skills on 
double deckers and other planes, similar to the ones I can see in your 
gallery. And they would take parachute enthusiasts once in a while and we'd 
watch the white ou grey umbrellas (no colour then) open up with a soft bang 
...!
 > From: jhnichols at lighttube.net
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:29:58 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG:  An Unusual Airplane
> 
> Thanks for the kind words, Jean-Michel.  I have owned this lens since 
> 1952, 
> but let my son use it for a while.  Although I can't see much haze when I 
> shine a light through the lens, it does not produce the crispness now that 
> it did when new.  I will just retire it, along with the Summitar, and try 
> to 
> master the recently-acquired Canon 50/1.4, which is 10-12 years younger 
> than 
> the Leica lenses.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jean-Michel Mertz" <j2m46 at hotmail.fr>
> To: "lug LEICA USERS ORGANISATION" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 10:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: An Unusual Airplane
> 
> 
> >
> > I don't know much about airplanes but I can recognize the very special 
> > colour and general mood conveyed by the 1940s Leica lenses + the IIIs 
> > series. Great job, thanks for sharing.Jean-Michel
> > > From: jhnichols at lighttube.net
> >> To: lug at leica-users.org
> >> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:08:05 -0600
> >> CC: olympus at thomasclausen.net
> >> Subject: [Leica] IMG:  An Unusual Airplane
> >>
> >> While evaluating my first Leica lens, an Elmar 50/3.5 from 1946, I came 
> >> across this Air Tractor company-owned Sky Truck airplane which appeared 
> >> to be fitted out with flight test gear in the rear cockpit.  Developed 
> >> from a large agricultural aircraft, the AT-802U has been used for 
> >> firefighting and for close air support in developing countries.  It is 
> >> a 
> >> BIG airplane.
> >>
> >> I thought of this one when Chris Barker commented about airplanes with 
> >> long noses.  This is about as long as they get!
> >>
> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Air+Tractor+Sky+Truck+4a+NI.jpg.html
> >>
> >> Leica IIIf RD with coated 50/3.5 Elmar from 1946
> >>
> >> Comments and critiques welcomed.
> >>
> >> Jim Nichols
> >> Tullahoma, TN USA
> >>
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