Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com