RE: [Leica] 50/1.5 Summarit LTM

["Jeffery Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>]

I'll give it a run with XP2 and some Velvia. Thanks for the feedback,
Ernie.

Jeffery

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us 
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of 
> Ernest Nitka
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 6:45 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] 50/1.5 Summarit LTM
> 
> 
> Jeff - I had the M mount version and I really liked the 
> bokeh.  I can't say 
> anything for it's ability to fight flare or it's color 
> correction as I 
> never put it in a position to find out.  Shot it only with B&W.
> 
> ernie
> 
> 
> At 09:20 PM 1/6/03 -0600, you wrote:
> >I bought a badly fungused 50/1.5 Summarit that I had cleaned by
> >FocalPoint. Other than that, it is pristine (had the 
> original Leitz UV 
> >filter on it which had probably never been removed. However, 
> since it was 
> >out being cleaned for months, I never got into the swing of 
> shooting with it.
> >
> >Anyone out there who can give me some background 
> (characteristics) of 
> >this
> >lens. My Leica M book suggests that it was an improvement over its 
> >predecessor, but isn't up to Summilux standards. I've never 
> seen so many 
> >diaphragm blades on a lens, so I assume that the bokeh won't 
> look like the 
> >Pentagon.
> >
> >What are this lens's strongest points?
> >
> >Jeffery Smith
> >
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