Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I subscribed to Pop Photo in the late '60's and early '70's. I only kept a handful of issues, most of them with Schwalburg articles in them. In a '74 35mm special he was definately recommending D-76 at 1:1 although higher dilutions like 1:3 were metioned for some purposes. To tame contrast he suggested D-76 followed by a soaking in plain water. On the collapsable Summicron question an earlier article, I remember it was called "Shifty Fifty", about 50 mm lenses described the first Summicron as having great resolution but poor contrast. He said something like you could count the hairs on the cat but lose the cat. I can dig it out if anyone is interested. By the way, I have a beater Summitar which is very loose collapsed but nice and tight when locked up extended. Its a nice lens stopped down a little. Perhaps the play in the mount accentuates the softness wide open. In any case its a heck of a lot better than the Summar. Mike Durling KD4KWB http://www.widomaker.com/~durling/ - ----- Original Message ----- From: <Krechtz@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Dr. Strangelens, or.... > By the way, I have seen hardly anything in print evaluating the collapsible > 50 Summitar. It is generally described as better than the Summar, especially > in the factory coated version. I enjoy using it, especially the warm, altho > natural color rendition. A pleasant surprise, overall. > > Joe Sobel >