Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I'm looking for information on the optical formula and lens > characteristics of early 50 mm Summicrons. The lens I'm looking at is a > LTM dating from exactly 50 years ago - 1953. > > My E. Puts Lens Compendium was inadvertently mixed in with some recycled > papers a while back so I can't look it up there. > > Personal impressions of how this lens performs with color and b&w print > films from hands on use also appreciated. > > TIA. > > Regards, > > Greg > Greg, I had posted this picture last week: http://www.streetphoto.net/images/im147.jpg It was taken with a 1947 Summitar 50/2.0, which is slightly inferior to the Summicron collapsible. I used to have the first version Summicron and thought it was a very good lens. sl - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html