Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/05
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There are no crappy lenses. Each one has its own "look", be
it a summar 50mm f/2 wide-open beautiful flare, or a 50mm Elmar
f/3.5 stopped down to f/8 resultingin magnificent contrast and
sharpness. I use the Summitar collapsible in addition
to the 50mm Summilux and 50mm Summicron, as well as a
50mm f/2 Carl Zeiss Sonnar in british screw-mount Leica
adapter. They all perform differently and wonderfully.
They have their own character. Ed
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000 Krechtz@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 8/5/00 3:04:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com writes:
>
> << Although the push-me-pull-you action was solid! >>
>
> >From which it may be inferred that you, Bob Schwalberg and everyone else with
> any sense, prefers the rigid Summicron, dual-range or otherwise, to the
> collapsible ("NCL"). Well, I agree.
> However, if you want or need to make a fashion statement with a collapsible,
> I say buy the coated Summitar. Within its quite genuine but reasonable
> limitations, it is quite a pleasant lens. It is also a real price performer,
> at about $200 for a clean example.
> If you really want to be flamboyant, mount the huge SOOPD lens hood and
> become an instant street shooter hero. Hardly anyone will recognize the rig
> as a camera with lens. However, some people are scared as hell to let you
> point it in their direction, fearing the worst. As Abraham Lincoln said, you
> cannot fool all of the people all of the time. Modern politicians are out to
> prove him wrong.
>
> Joe Sobel
>
>