Re: Passover with the 50 DR Summicron

  • From: GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@xxxxxxx>
  • To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 08:26:28 -0600

Congratulations Peter! The DR really has a unique look. How does this one 
compare to the one you sold.

Regards,

Greg

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Klein <pklein@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2005 1:19 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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