Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, I quite agree with you.? And, I did view them large.? I regularly use Leica-R and Pentax Takumar lenses from the past, and find that they are very good.? Enjoy your very capable lens. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 8/18/2018 10:54 AM, Howard Cummer via LUG wrote: > Morning Luggers, > > Was at the Zen Cafe on Yew Street in Vancouver yesterday for the Friday > gathering of Leica lovers. The Friday meeting is a legacy of Tom > Abrahamsson who lived across the street. > > I took along my freshly coded Leica 40mm Summicron (made 1974) which my > M10 reads as a 35mm Summicron Version IV and Don Goldberg has shaved the > frame claw on the bayonet to bring up 35 framelines on the M10. > > Here is a picture of Zenner Michael taken with his 35 Summicron Asph @4.0 > on my now fully functional (so far) M10. No processing at all. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2018+photos/Michael35mm.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2018+photos/Michael35mm.jpg.html>> > > And here is Michael again - taken with my 1974 Leica M 40mm Summicron also > at f4.0 on my M10 and presented without any processing. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2018+photos/Michael40mm.jpg.html > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/2018+photos/Michael40mm.jpg.html>> > > Note the similarity in Bokeh - check out the lights in the background - > and, I must say, I think the 44 year old lens performs very well. I was > going to buy a used 35 Summicron Asph but I don?t think I?ll bother. > > You can look large if you like. Comments and insights welcome as always. > > Howard > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >