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Subject: [Leica] FW:Re: 50 Summilux
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:06:00 -0400
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 A DR Summicron that has been operated on works well on the M240?  In the
close range?  Details, please.

I am looking for something smaller and lighter than the Noctilux.  I love
my Noctilux but I don't always need 1.0 and the size does keep me from
using it as often as the 35/1.4 which is my normal lens to keep on the M240
or the MM but the 50 would give a little more reach and a "normal"
perspective.

Thanks,

Tina


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:00 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
wrote:

> A DR Summicron like that works well on the M (240) in the close range :-)
>
> What are the reasons for looking for something other than the Noctilux?
> Anything other than the Noctilux asph will be smaller/lighter but the DR
> and pre-asph Summilux give a look more like the f1.0 Noctilux than the
> Summilux asph does.....
>
> john
> ________________________________________
>
>
> Tina:
> I also have a Dual-Range Summicron. I sent it to DAG, who ground off the
> close-focus cam (the one used with the "eyes." I think it cost $80.  So now
> it fits on my M8 and should fit on any other digital M.  I sold the eyes..
>  So now I have a lens I can use on my digital M instead of a lens I can
> only use when I shoot film, which I don't.
>
> For a while I thought it was wrong to defile such an elegant mechanical
> object. Then I decided: Lenses are to be used.  Food for thought.
>
> Peter
> -------------
> Tina wrote:
> Yes, the Noctilux is my only practical 50.  I have a Summicron that has the
> eyes, but I don't think that fits on anything current.  I probably use my
>
>
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Tina Manley
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Replies: Reply from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] FW:Re: 50 Summilux)
Reply from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] FW:Re: 50 Summilux)
In reply to: Message from pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] FW:Re: 50 Summilux)
Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] FW:Re: 50 Summilux)