Re: Passover with the 50 DR Summicron

I own a couple  50 Summicrons and the DR is my favorite.  I have been told
that the later ones have better specs  but ther is a certine 2
dimensionality to the DR.  Now if I can only find a nice copy of a 90 f 4
collapsible

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Klein" <pklein@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:19 AM
Subject: Passover with the 50 DR Summicron


> I just acquired a nice, recently CLAed DR 50 Summicron.  The DR was my
> first Leica lens ever, back in the 70s.  Sold it long ago, regretted doing
> so ever since.  So I'm about to find out if nostalgia is what it used to
be.
>
> I didn't really buy the DR as an available light lens, but this was the
> first opportunity I had to really try it out.  The film is the
discontinued
> consumer Kodak BW 400 (C41), which a lab gave me after a bad processing
> experience.  It's OK, but T400CN is better.  I'll have to shoot a roll of
> Tri-X and another of Provia to really get the feel for the lens.  So far I
> like what I see, though.  These are all shot at f/2 - 2.8.
>
> http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/15DannyMatzah.jpg
> http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/16Craig.jpg
> http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/25JoyceCraig.jpg
> http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/24Natasha.jpg
>
> --Peter
>
>
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