Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/24

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Subject: [Leica] re: 50mm lens
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Wed May 24 19:24:50 2006

I like the older glass and the older look. I've had mixed luck with the
Russian lenses (some of them have some poor threads, I can't get them
completely on the body). But I seem to be a non-asph person. And I hold in
the highest esteem good shots taken with humble equipment over good shots
taken with the best. Sometimes, Daniel makes me feel downright worthless
when he blows me away with Russian optics or a Rolleicord.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don Dory
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:13 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] re: 50mm lens


Greg,
Trust me, I possibly have as many lenses as Jeffery, just not the
1.2Hexanon.  I treasure the unique look of the old stuff and use where it is
appropriate.  With that said, if you want a flare free very crisp image, it
is hard to beat the modern glass.  It may not be sexy, but it delivers when
you don't know what you will be shooting.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 5/24/06, GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Don Dory writes:
>
> > When you go into the photo collections of museums and look at the 
> > imagestaken forty/fifty years ago many of them are quite sharp. I 
> > don't think that time machines had been invented yet so the lenses 
> > must
> have
> > been at least OK.  :)
> >
>
> Virtually all of my Leica lenses from the early 1950's are both sharp 
> and provide a unique signature. They impart a look that you just 
> aren't going to get from the modern glass and non digital glass. I 
> wouldn't trade my 1959 35/2 or my 1967 DR Summicron for the current 
> asph lens.
>
> There is occasion ranting about these lenses on the list, but if you 
> look at who's doing the ranting you realize pretty quickly that 
> they've never used the older glass.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
>
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Replies: Reply from msmall at infionline.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] re: 50mm lens and Crawdads Redux)
In reply to: Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] re: 50mm lens)