Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wolfgang, I've only been using the 35mm Summilux for a few days and don't have results back yet, but I'm greatly looking forward to it. I'll be home (Toronto) from this current trip to Europe on Friday and plan to bring the first few rolls of Provia 100 into the lab on Saturday morning and will have them back later in the afternoon. Might even do some Ciba printing over the weekend. News at 11. I don't understand your comment about loosing the lens cap. On mine it's so tight that I have troube taking it off <g>. I did pick up the lens shade in Hamburg yesterday (135 DM - WOW!) but have no luck finding a B+W KR1.5 filter in Series 7. No one in Germany seems to sell B+W filters <g>. Michael At 11:34 AM 11/03/96 -0500, you wrote: >> >> I've been using the original collapsible 50mm Elmar ... > >> I picked it up last year as a travel lens, for use when all that will fit in >> my briefcase is an M6 and one lens. Since I got it I've made 3 trips to Asia >> and done a lot of enjoyable photography with it, but if I'm to only travel >> with one lens, 50mm unfortunately isn't it.... >> >> So, I recently traded it in for a 35mm Summilux.... > > Hi Michael - > > I am in exactly the same position as you, although I never > owned the 50/f2.8. I rarely use that focal length with my > other camera and so I just never bought it. The Summilux > on the M6 is wonderful. And if you also take a mini-tripod > it's VERY useful - at least for the photography that I do. > > 'Hope that you enjoy this combination also. > > Useful Hints: You've got to have a lens cap on that > Summilux to protect it! I've already lost one > and had to replace it. I bought two new ones > just to have a spare. Also, be careful with > the lens hood. To keep it from getting bent > and/or scratched, I usually pack it separately > in a soft pouch (such as an old sock). > > -- Wolfgang >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Wolfgang Sachse Cornell University > sachse@msc.cornell.edu http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~sachse >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > >