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MichaelHarris

11-03-2007, 18:01

I've been loving the M3 with the CV 40 1.4 lens but I really needed to try it with a Leica lens. The only 50 I had was an old screw mount Summitar. I got really lucky when I bought it a year ago, the glass is perfect in every way. I CLAed the focus and here are some results, an M3 and a LTM Summitar:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f158/mharris660/3Dweb.jpg
Nice 3D effect I think

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f158/mharris660/IHweb.jpg
Nice sharpness

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f158/mharris660/stoneweb3.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f158/mharris660/stoneweb-1.jpg

I finally tried Costco for developing and I really like it. The files on the CD are over a meg in size. I didn't do anything to the images except bump the saturation a little.

cjm

11-03-2007, 18:43

Wow, that's a good Summitar you got there. What f-stop were those shot at?

ferider

11-03-2007, 19:01

Nice. What film, Michael ?

MichaelHarris

11-03-2007, 19:38

Thanks everyone, the film was Fuji Superia 100 and the F-stop was between ummm I would guess between 2.8 to 5.6. That's just a guess by looking and what I usually try and shoot at.

I always hear horror stories about Summitars but when mine came I was surprised, the glass was perfect, not a mark on it.

Jun Yan

11-03-2007, 20:49

wow summitar did a good color job, I also bid one from ebay, it's on the way now:)