Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/28

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Subject: [Leica] Opinions Collapsible Cron vs. Elmar or others
From: rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Sat Oct 28 02:29:36 2006
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Mine is from 1956 (M-mount). It indeed produces a "50" glow - but stop it 
down to f11 and you can make "modern" sharp and colorful sports pictures - 
like the second prize of the september LUG gallery contest, see 
http://tinyurl.com/vv9wp. This lens can more than just be an old lens: it's 
still a great and versatile shooter - and the most affordable Summicron btw.
Didier




>To be fair, a 1950's image.  The collapsible Summicron went out of 
>production in 1960, and that was for the LTM version.  The M BM version had 
>left production several years earlier.
>Marc
>
>
>>Ah, at last I can offer an opinion ;-) I have the collapsible
>>Summicron on my M3. It is a lens I choose above others when I want a
>>slightly 1960's feel to the result
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