Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Summaron comments solicited
From: "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 20:45:07 -0800

Hello Jem:

I'll experiment with the wide open close focus and see if I get the same
effect.

Best regards,
Roland
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 5:34 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Summaron comments solicited


> Roland,
> if you like character in your lenses, that 35/1.5 comes with it in spades.
> Best seen at full aperture with a close focus then look at the backround
> recede and the vignetting occur. The abberation sweeps into the four
corners
> and the plane of focus is thrown towards infinity at the extremes too.
> Weird and wonderful...
> I'd debate the 'good conttrast' but then mine has had a hard life (before
> me) and has probably lost some coating and a few chips of glass too. But
> it's got a good weight and feel to it, very ergonomic.
>
> Jem
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Roland Smith [SMTP:roland@dnai.com]
> >
> > I have a Summaron with eyes which I have used on my M3.  It seems to be
a
> > good lens albeit a bit slow.
> >
> > I just acquired a Canon 35mm f1.5 which seems to have good contrast and
is
> > quite sharp.  It is an LTM which I am using on my M3s and my M4-2.  I
will
> > probably use it more than I will my Summaron when I use my M4-2.
> >
> > Roland Smith
> > roland@dnai.com
> >
> >
>