Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An impossibility. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ric Carter Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 8:49 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] On 50s I would not have thought that possible, and hope that it does not indicate that you think them not worth owning;^) Ric On Aug 20, 2006, at 9:26 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > Bad show. You've chosen the only three 50's in existence that I > don't own. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Ric > Carter > Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 7:45 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] On 50s > > > Okay, I now there are several 50s freaks out there. > > No, not as in baby boomers or as in Bill Haley fans;^) - I mean 50mm > lens afficianados. > > I didn't much care a 50 until I started using Leica. I have become > quite attached to them though. > > Without intention, I find myself with three 50s now: a Summitar LTM > (980 xxx Wetzlar), a second generation 'Cron (209x xxx Wetzlar ~'65-6 > chrome), and a fifth version 'Cron (316x xxx Canada ~'81-2 black). > > I understand the size advantages of the Summitar collapsed and that > it's not a bad performer. > > I am just now starting using the chrome second version. I am more > accustomed to the black fifth (my first leica lens). So far, the most > disturbing thing about the older version is the infinity lock which > bugs me on distant focusing by locking at inopportune times. It just > seems something else to distract. I have not yet shot enough to > distinguish performance differences. > > Anyway, what are your ideas on the relative virtues of each of these? > Are there advantages to each? Is there a time to use one over the > other? > > Thanks for any thoughts you folks may have. > > Ric Carter > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information