Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]a member here mentioned a recent LHSA Viewfinder article on SUMMARS..anyone have a copy ? I have contacted lhsa as well thanks Dan ________________________________ From: lug-bounces+colucci=thehearth.org@leica-users.org on behalf of Douglas M. Sharp Sent: Tue 9/28/2004 6:01 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Rigid Summar Thanks Feli, you beat me to it, Laney says 2274 of them built in 1933 only. cheers Douglas feli schrieb: > > On Sep 28, 2004, at 2:31 PM, Dan Colucci wrote: > >> I just bought me a rigid summar...I have always wanted to play with >> one and have been >> fascinated with the physical "look" of the lens itself... >> >> anyone have any in-depth info on the rigid beyond it was only >> produced in small numbers ? > > > > Leica made about 2000 of them. If I remember correctly it was an > attempt to improve > optical performance by reducing the mechanical play induced by the > collapsible > mount. > > Leica made a lot of Summars, but production ended in 1940 with the > introduction > of the Summitar which is a much better performer. The Summar is very > flare prone > and soft wide open. That said it has a unique fingerprint that can be > very beautiful > especially in black and white. > > Feli > > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net www.elanphotos.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Ihre bevorzugten Shops, hilfreiche Einkaufs-Hilfen und gro?artige Geschenk Ideen. Erleben Sie das Vergn?gen online einzukaufen mit Shop@Netscape! http://shopping.netscape.de/shopping/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information