Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/23

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From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sat Feb 23 20:21:08 2008
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always a pleasure to travel with you!

ric


On Feb 23, 2008, at 6:35 PM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Folks seven new photographs, starting here.
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> <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/93331623>
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> You can see a sea dog in conversation while spotting dolphins,
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> Lots more rocky bits of Tasmania and some Aussie senoritas cuddling  
> the wildlife.
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> The last two photographs may be of interest if you are curious about  
> the Zeiss ZM C Biogon 4.5 21.
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> Having shot it for a couple of weeks along side my benchmark  
> Summicron M 28 asph, I would offer these comments.
>
> It costs a third as much as the Summicron, yet is very well made,  
> accurate and contrasty.
>
> Because of the modest maximum aperture, it is of course vastly  
> easier to correct.
>
> You can provoke flare with harsh light directly into the lens.
>
> The hood works OK, for a tiny 21 mm hood, but being a bayonet only  
> their original fits.
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> It is very compact, aperture and focus ring operation is very  
> smooth, no complaints at all.
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> 1/3 stops are meaningless for me, though, the meter doesn't react to  
> the change.
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> As always, comments/critiques are very welcome.
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>
> Cheers, Geoff
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/
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> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
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