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Subject: [Leica] Old, small 35 Summilux on M8
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:23:27 -0700

You can certainly say that there is a "Painterly" quality about the old 35
Summilux when shot at F1.4 on the M8.  ( Henning.. is that Coma that I see?)

 

I am also certain, there are a lot of other expressions you could use...

 

I had tested this lens on my M6 with film,.  It came as a weak ( but 1 stop
faster) brother to the F2 Summicron.

 

Double ( Triple?  Quadruple?) Ditto in digital..  But the 35 V3 Summicron
has that same look... just not as extreme...not nearly.

 

No other 35 (that I own) touches the 35 ASPH Lux ( the non-floating element
version).  Not close.

 

Getting ready for a trip, and needed to know what my lenses would produce,
and which to take...( No, I have not decided yet...)

 

Interestingly, one of the sharpest lenses I own on the M8 is the 135 3.4 APO
Telyt.  But a lot are close...

There were some surprises on the positive side.. most are spot on for focus.
that surprised me as many are from the 80's and 90's. 

 

BTW, bought a (not a favorite of many)  40 Nokton F1.4 to try out... not
here yet, but will test and see if it is better than my other choices...

 

For those that want to know.. Tripod mounted M8, focused about 20 feet away
( travel trip, travel distances), at max aperture, no hoods.  3 exposures
per shot, all refocused from scratch.  Shutter speed varied but in the
1/1000 range. ( no movement allowed!)  Day was overcast.  About F8 on the
sunny 16 chart.  No wind.  Evaluated in LR4, no sharpening, at 1:1.   Dell
i7 processor system.  20 inch Samsung 204B screen..

 

Frank Filippone

Red735i at earthlink.net

 



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