Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am tempted to go out tomorrow to shoot Mardi Gras day with a 50/2.8 Elmar LTM that I got from DAG. On Feb 4, 2008 4:53 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote: > At 4:45 PM -0600 2/4/08, Jeffery Smith wrote: > >Is there any haze in the lens? That just seems too low in contrast for a > >clean lens. > >Jeffery > > > >On Feb 4, 2008 4:31 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote: > > > >> Here are some photos I took on a short lunchtime walk. I used an > >> uncoated nickel Elmar from a 1931 Leica Standard. The lens collapses > >> fully into the body (and the shutter works fine after it's extended > >> again :-)). I didn't use a lenshood for this series. A grey, cold, > >> medium overcast day. Photos at everything except very close distances > >> are very low contrast with lots of flare, but can be easily punched > >> up in Lightroom. Not easy to clip the shadows with this lens, and the > >> highlights are rarely gone either. > >> > >> I'm working right now in an office in the poorest part of town, and it > >> shows. > >> > >> http://tinyurl.com/2xqonx > > > Yes, there is a bit of haze. The optics of the lens are generally in > fine shape, but the lens has never been cleaned. A friend of the > family bought it new. I know for sure it never had any servicing > (body or lens) since 1956. > > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, LA