Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmmm, Mardi Gras challenge? Perhaps my uncoated Elmar's coming........... Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Nickel Elmar on an M8 >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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information