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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 7/10/2014: lens tests
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:19:19 +0200
References: <F412CD96-8C3A-45EC-80C5-11E82AF379B7@frozenlight.eu>, <1C17583C-096D-4D9F-BD3F-9AD5D4917DE2@gmail.com> <DUB110-W125BB585C89FC55108B3AFC8DA00@phx.gbl>

Thanks, Jean-Michel. I had a spare E39 UV/IR filter, and it fits just fine 
on the Summicron. I do not know anything about the issues around the SLR 
lenses, sorry.

Cheers,
Nathan

On 9 Oct 2014, at 14:21, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> wrote:

> Hi Nathan,
> Beautiful pictures indeed! I use a collapsible Summitar and Elmar 35 on my 
> M8, they perform great. Question: how do you manage the M8 magenta issue? 
> As far as I know, there are no adaquate LTM filters available. Thanks for 
> your answer.
> JM
> I bought a Fotodiox adapter recently for the Minolta lenses I bought in 
> the 70s (50 macro and 24): surprisingly, they are also very sharp and on 
> the whole reliable and sturdy. The only problem I have is to get the focus 
> right since the lenses are SLR lenses. Any clues? Are there adapters that 
> would handle this?
> 
> 
> Jean-Michel Mertz
> Strasbourg
> 
> 
>> From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com
>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 22:51:51 +0200
>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 7/10/2014: lens tests
>> 
>> I love this lens, specially on B&W and photographing people. The pictures 
>> you took are really beautiful, Moon Rising is my favorite.
>> 
>> Un abrazo
>> Lluis
>> 
>> 
>> El 08/10/2014, a las 06:54, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
>> escribi?:
>> 
>>> I got my ?new? 50mm collapsible Summicron from the Leica Shop in Vienna 
>>> last week. The lens is beauty, absolutely impeccable condition for a 
>>> piece of kit from 1953. I forgot of course that it was a screw mount 
>>> lens, so I had to wait a few more days for the Fotodiox LTM-M adapter to 
>>> arrive from Amazon. It did on Monday, so yesterday I finally had a 
>>> chance to do some testing. I am happy to report that the lens performs 
>>> beautifully on the M8. One of the joys of Leica is that you can take two 
>>> pieces of equipment that are 55 years apart and use them together. So 
>>> here are three pictures, the first two with the ?new? Summicron, and the 
>>> third with a 90mm Tele-Elmarit from the mid-1970s, another one of my 
>>> favourite M lenses:
>>> 
>>> Inhabitant of El Campello harbour:
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3596330595&k=Qp72L9b&lb=1&s=O
>>> 
>>> A Guinness on the beach (this is one is at the closest focusing distance 
>>> of 1 meter):
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3596330761&k=LbvScZr&lb=1&s=O
>>> 
>>> Moon rising:
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3596330965&k=jQCjLgh&lb=1&s=O
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
>>> 
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
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>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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>>> YNWA
>>> 
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