Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 21, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Marty Deveney wrote: > This points out something interesting: the 35/2 R lens is optimised > for contrast at 5 lp/mm - you can see this clearly from the MTF > charts. Its resolution of finer details is relatively poor. If you > are looking for a lot of fine detail resolution, as you might if using > slow colour slide film, this probably isn't the lens for you, despite > the excellent colour rendition. It works incredibly well with 400 > speed B&W neg films. I haven't used it on a DMR or any other digital > cameras. You're quite correct about fine detail rendering Marty; it's no 100 mm apo macro elmarit. One real charm of my Leitz Wetzlar 35 mm Summicron-R (28199XX) rests in its ability to focus slightly under 12" as seen here <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/imagist/visualize/L1140020.jpg.html> Its rendering is very kind to "people" with very smooth bokeh. (I have no idea what version this is - or whether its Mandler - can anyone inform me?) Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist