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 > > > ========================================================= > To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you > then receive MUST be replied to per instructions. You may also log > in to the Web interface to unsubscribe. > ========================================================= To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions. You may also log in to the Web interface to unsubscribe.