[Leica] Nickel Elmar on an M8

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 4:45 PM -0600 2/4/08, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>Is there any haze in the lens? That just seems too low in contrast for a
>clean lens.
>Jeffery
>
>On Feb 4, 2008 4:31 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote:
>
>>  Here are some photos I took on a short lunchtime walk. I used an
>>  uncoated nickel Elmar from a 1931 Leica Standard. The lens collapses
>>  fully into the body (and the shutter works fine after it's extended
>>  again :-)). I didn't use a lenshood for this series. A grey, cold,
>>  medium overcast day. Photos at everything except very close distances
>>  are very low contrast with lots of flare, but can be easily punched
>>  up in Lightroom. Not easy to clip the shadows with this lens, and the
>>  highlights are rarely gone either.
>>
>>  I'm working right now in an office in the poorest part of town, and it
>>  shows.
>>
>>  http://tinyurl.com/2xqonx


Yes, there is a bit of haze. The optics of the lens are generally in 
fine shape, but the lens has never been cleaned. A friend of the 
family bought it new. I know for sure it never had any servicing 
(body or lens) since 1956.


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