Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Good old lenses
From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 21:24:11 +0200

Hi Hans,

I do like the picture very much. And I have had a similar experience with the
even older Hektor 135/4.5 recently. Wonderful portraits, some of which will soon
be on my web page.

Nathan

Hans Pahlen wrote:

> Last Sunday I went to a blues concert, bringing my old Summicron 90/2,0 from
> 1965 (The large one, before the current version) and my M6. I bought this
> battered lens very cheap together with some other junkish M-stuff, and this
> was a nice chance to try the lens. I shot at F2,8/250 on XP2, and had the
> film developed by a one hour lab.
> When I made the print, I was surely impressed with the image quality.
> This is only a concert photo, but I like the sharpness and the reflections
> on the guitar. If you want to check it, you will find it at:
> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/5799/pict12.htm
> I love those lenses from the good old 60:s generation! And they can be found
> for little money, too.
> Regards, Hans



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Nathan Wajsman
Overijse, Belgium

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