Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why on earth would somebody with a large Leica collection want to do that? john ________________________________________ 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 >> >>