Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/28

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Subject: [Leica] FW:Re: 50 Summilux
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:20:12 +0530
References: <20131028224852.60DE053C182@barracuda.rutabaga.org> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E9D0D6FF69@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org> <CA+yJO1AxDG1ZASuxbs2zx8Hrur-NO4mZBuWo7mPSdCN2YFp2Rg@mail.gmail.com>

As a practical user, I would wait and then buy a Fuji XE-2 and a Fuji
35mm f1.4...(-: Gives you a light kit, great quality sensor/lens and
relatively inexpensive...and ISO 25,600 if the specs run true
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>  A DR Summicron that has been operated on works well on the M240?  In the
> close range?  Details, please.
>
> I am looking for something smaller and lighter than the Noctilux.  I love
> my Noctilux but I don't always need 1.0 and the size does keep me from
> using it as often as the 35/1.4 which is my normal lens to keep on the M240
> or the MM but the 50 would give a little more reach and a "normal"
> perspective.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:00 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
> wrote:
>
>> A DR Summicron like that works well on the M (240) in the close range :-)
>>
>> What are the reasons for looking for something other than the Noctilux?
>> Anything other than the Noctilux asph will be smaller/lighter but the DR
>> and pre-asph Summilux give a look more like the f1.0 Noctilux than the
>> Summilux asph does.....
>>
>> john
>> ________________________________________
>>
>>
>> Tina:
>> I also have a Dual-Range Summicron. I sent it to DAG, who ground off the
>> close-focus cam (the one used with the "eyes." I think it cost $80.  So 
>> now
>> it fits on my M8 and should fit on any other digital M.  I sold the eyes..
>>  So now I have a lens I can use on my digital M instead of a lens I can
>> only use when I shoot film, which I don't.
>>
>> For a while I thought it was wrong to defile such an elegant mechanical
>> object. Then I decided: Lenses are to be used.  Food for thought.
>>
>> Peter
>> -------------
>> Tina wrote:
>> Yes, the Noctilux is my only practical 50.  I have a Summicron that has 
>> the
>> eyes, but I don't think that fits on anything current.  I probably use my
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
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Replies: Reply from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] FW:Re: 50 Summilux)
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Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] FW:Re: 50 Summilux)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] FW:Re: 50 Summilux)