Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/16
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Very nice portrait of your son, Jayanand, I recognize the "feel" of the
"modern" elmar!Jean-Michel> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:04:31 +0530
> From: jayanand at gmail.com
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Back to film!
>
> Super portrait!
>
> This is the same lens on a 1954 vintage M3, which was bought with the
> camera, taken many moons ago:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album333/Aditya.jpg.html
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr>
> wrote:
> >
> > I often use the elmar 50 - 2.8 collapsible on my M8, I find it to be a
> > very sharp and also soft lens, cf this portrait of my brother in law
> > Bernard. Not too good for landscapes, though.
> > Jean-Michel<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/PORTRAITS/PORTRAITS.jpg.html>
> > > Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:51:41 -0400
> >> From: mark at rabinergroup.com
> >> To: lug at leica-users.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Back to film!
> >>
> >> When my X, Karen who many of you know got her M6 a decade back her
> >> choice of
> >> glass was the modern 50 2.8 Elmar collapsible which she got in
> >> "chrome". I
> >> was very envious of it but now have thanks to a LUG friend a very old
> >> 3.5 50
> >> Elmar collapsible which came with my IIIF. I do feel very Barnack like
> >> when
> >> shooting with it. The results I've gotten with it for me have plenty of
> >> resonance; glow; fingerprint. Though I have a 3.5 35mm Summaron and a 90
> >> elmar I only get this feeling when using the 50 which I believe is
> >> decades
> >> older
> >> Mark William Rabiner
> >> Photography
> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
> >>
> >>
> >> > From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> >> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> > Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:07:32 -0500
> >> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Back to film!
> >> >
> >> > George,
> >> >
> >> > I think you will find that the 50mm 2.8 Elmar is the exception to the
> >> > rule.
> >> > It was a modernization and slight improvement on the 50/3.5 Elmar,
> >> > and kept
> >> > the same name.
> >> >
> >> > Jim Nichols
> >> > Tullahoma, TN USA
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com>
> >> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:55 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Back to film!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> On Jul 14, 2012, at 2:27 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Well, I have several of those too, Mark. When I wrote "old" I meant
> >> >>> the old 50/2.8 not the modern "new" 50/2.8 Elmar. I'd love to have
> >> >>> one
> >> >>> of those. I keep my eyes open every Friday.
> >> >>
> >> >> I thought 2.8 always = elmarit
> >> >> no?
> >> >>
> >> >> Regards,
> >> >> George Lottermoser
> >> >> george at imagist.com
> >> >> http://www.imagist.com
> >> >> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> >> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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