Apo Summicron 35mm

[Range-rover]

I'm sure it's a beautiful lens but price wise not unless I find a sugar mommy!

 

[Rob-F]

Life is unpredictable and at some point, especially in these abnormal times, indulgence is a balm for sanity.

Yes. I understand this. I seem to be feeling free to spend for things I want, more so than I usually do.

 

[Calzone]

Cal,

So we are going to have a giant party here in NYC, and you will be stuck up in Peekskill...

Joe

Joe,

I have a report that suggests the two upper quintiles (top 40%) are hoarding cash and that when things open up these will be the people who will be partying.

The bottom 60% of incomes are either just getting by or are suffering loss of income.

So you make a point that not everyone will be partying, but my data suggests it will be the people sitting on cash that will be "partying."

Of course wreckless spending from the top 40% will somewhat help the lower 60%.

How this savings is unleashed depends a lot on how widely vaccination spreads. Europe is far behind the U.S. Also the unknown is the scars and trauma that will remain that will moderate a person's sense of safety. Doubtful things will return 100% back to where they were.

I go to restaurants in Mohegan Lake for lunch, but I do take out and eat in my car. Both "Maggie" and I are amoung the 10.7% of Americans who are fully vaccinated.

Also know that it is past the two weeks from our second injection so our antibody levels are maxed out at this point. At my hospital where I work I no longer have to do a spit-test every two weeks as a screening.

Certainly no shortage of foolish people in America.

Cal

 

[Calzone]

I`ve read that Karbe has also designed these lenses so that there is a drop in contrast behind the focus point which enhances the fall off ?
I`m not sure I understand how he has achieved that .

Micheal,

My understanding is that it is partly due to the APO. Contrast is higher in the infocus area, and as we know our perception of contrast coorelates to a perceived higher resolution.

What Marty suggests is also true: Leica glass is highly corrected and Leica can control the fall off.

IMHO on my APO 35 Cron-L the OOF and the transition from sharp to soft is mucho wonderful and promotes shooting wide open.

It is no lie that stopping down is only used for adding more DOF.

Cal

 

[james.liam]

Joe,

I have a report that suggests the two upper quintiles (top 40%) are hoarding cash and that when things open up these will be the people who will be partying.

The bottom 60% of incomes are either just getting by or are suffering loss of income.

Cal

Don't see anyone 'round these parts not hurting, irrespective of quintile. I do see people packing up and heading out of NYC for good. Living off savings has left everyone poorer.

IMHO on my APO 35 Cron-L the OOF and the transition from sharp to soft is mucho wonderful and promotes shooting wide open.

It is no lie that stopping down is only used for adding more DOF.

Cal

Sometimes in life, you do get what you pay for.

 

[Calzone]

Don't see anyone 'round these parts not hurting, irrespective of quintile. I do see people packing up and heading out of NYC for good. Living off savings has left everyone poorer.

Sometimes in life, you do get what you pay for.

James,

I certainly feel lucky because all around me is suffering. Financially I have not experienced any loss of income or gotten a "hair-cut." In fact I look at my moving out of NYC into northern Westchester (suburbs) as a great opportunity that sped up my retirement.

Perhaps the only hit I took was the hospital where I work froze my pension, killing any reason to work till full retirement age. The result is I will retire in about 9 months at the age of 64.

My gal "Maggie" has been locked down for nearly a year. She suffered from depression, and I understand why.

We live in a capitalistic system and in this system a requirement is an underclass. It does seem like we are approaching another time of "Robber Barons."

Worse than living off savings is living off debt. That is what is happening around the world and is standard government policy.

The future I see will be fraught for many.

Cal

 

[Ko.Fe.]

And VC follows with thier Apo 28/2 (which I could afford) 😎.

I'd rather pay for updated, more compact 28/2 Ultron 🙂 .

 

[james.liam]

James,

I certainly feel lucky because all around me is suffering. Financially I have not experienced any loss of income or gotten a "hair-cut." In fact I look at my moving out of NYC into northern Westchester (suburbs) as a great opportunity that sped up my retirement.

Perhaps the only hit I took was the hospital where I work froze my pension, killing any reason to work till full retirement age. The result is I will retire in about 9 months at the age of 64.

My gal "Maggie" has been locked down for nearly a year. She suffered from depression, and I understand why.

We live in a capitalistic system and in this system a requirement is an underclass. It does seem like we are approaching another time of "Robber Barons."

Worse than living off savings is living off debt. That is what is happening around the world and is standard government policy.

The future I see will be fraught for many.

Cal

My parents spent lives into their 30's in 'classless' socialist societies. To paraphrase Churchill, the only virtue of which was that misery was shared equally. Excect for the political class and their perks of power. I'd take capitalism with its faults any day.

 

[Calzone]

My parents spent lives into their 30's in 'classless' socialist societies. To paraphrase Churchill, the only virtue of which was that misery was shared equally. Expect for the political class and their perks of power. I'd take capitalism with its faults any day.

c
James,

Agree.

My dad was an illiterate illegal immigrant. We were poor, but I have a BA, MA and MFA and am one of those "New York Stories."

No illusion though that there is lots of "Gate-Keeping" going on in the arts, so I have a day-job. Very few make it big anyways.

Cal

 

[raid]

My father was a diplomat and Director in Baghdad University for many years. He had a law degree first, but before 1948 there were slow law needs in Baghdad, so he switched to the Education Ministry. My mother got a BA in Education and Psychology from an American university in Beirut, Lebanon. I was bored and worried about the future, so I left Iraq in 1981 to study at Virginia Tech for a MS and then PhD in Statistics. My 40 year anniversary will be in November.

 

[Calzone]

My father was a diplomat and Director in Baghdad University for many years. He had a law degree first, but before 1948 there were slow law needs in Baghdad, so he switched to the Education Ministry. My mother got a BA in Education and Psychology from an American university in Beirut, Lebanon. I was bored and worried about the future, so I left Iraq in 1981 to study at Virginia Tech for a MS and then PhD in Statistics. My 40 year anniversary will be in November.

Raid,

"Maggie" was a Professor before she retired from that. PhD in Social Work but she worked a lot with the Law School.

Academia is a tough place to make a career. Congrates on your 40th anniversary.

All the best.

Cal

 

[raid]

Very interesting, Cal. We are all survivors in the end.
Thanks.
I remember taking a couple of busses to get to the Iraqi Airways store in downtown Baghdad. A young woman was working at the counter. She told me "I envy you having a trip to USA. You will experience Christmas there".

She could not find an airport in Blacksburg (VA) or even close by. I remember telling her "get me to any city in the USA, and I will figure out how to get to Blacksburg". She got me to NYC and then Richmond (VA). I took Trailways bus from Richmond to Blacksburg. A black young man sat beside me. He explained to me the level of racism that black students were facing ... etc. Welcome to the USA 🙂

 

[Calzone]

Very interesting, Cal. We are all survivors in the end.
Thanks.
I remember taking a couple of busses to get to the Iraqi Airways store in downtown Baghdad. A young woman was working at the counter. She told me "I envy you having a trip to USA. You will experience Christmas there".

She could not find an airport in Blacksburg (VA) or even close by. I remember telling her "get me to any city in the USA, and I will figure out how to get to Blacksburg". She got me to NYC and then Richmond (VA). I took Trailways bus from Richmond to Blacksburg. A black young man sat beside me. He explained to me the level of racism that black students were facing ... etc. Welcome to the USA 🙂

Raid,

In a way you are also a New York Story.

In my case I lost my culture and my identity.

Here on RFF I present a persona. I once was a performance artist for about a decade. I performed at the Joseph Papp Public Theather, Second Stage Theater off Broadway and at numerous colleges and universities in the northeast.

What I learned is that I became successful by being typecast and by playing the part that society expected of me. In a way job interviews were more like auditions and perhaps good looks helped.

Time magazine got it all wrong about the "Model Minority" and the math and science skills.

Somehow the truth is that I am just a poser.

Not far from the truth is that I am a white boy trapped in an Asian body. All my education are art degrees.

Cal

 

[raid]

This may be the wrong thread for our stories, Cal.

 

[robert blu]

So, Raid are you tempted by this lens? Are you going to order it? I' m curious, you know !
Personally I'm a little confused by all the new released in various version lenses...

 

[raid]

I will not order it as I have several modern 35mm lenses, Robert. In particular, I have a ZM 35/2. The 50mm lenses intrigue me.

 

[ellisson]

Uber sharp, uber corrected is nice, but I’m happy with the less ‘perfect’ 35 mm lenses available from Leica and others. If I were to indulge in one of Leica’s newer lenses, I’d go for the slow and flawed Summaron 28mm f5.6 lens.

 

[Calzone]

Uber sharp, uber corrected is nice, but I’m happy with the less ‘perfect’ 35 mm lenses available from Leica and others. If I were to indulge in one of Leica’s newer lenses, I’d go for the slow and flawed Summaron 28mm f5.6 lens.

E,

Understood.

For film I favor old single coated glass, and I love the character and signatures of less perfect lenses.

My Nikon 35/1.8 in LTM has veiling flare when shot wide open, my black Canon 28/3.5 has soft corners, and the 50 Rigid has its center sharpness...

Cal

 

[robert blu]

Uber sharp, uber corrected is nice, but I’m happy with the less ‘perfect’ 35 mm lenses available from Leica and others. If I were to indulge in one of Leica’s newer lenses, I’d go for the slow and flawed Summaron 28mm f5.6 lens.

yes, +1 ! I bought it a couple of years ago with many doubts but it resulted to be one of ny most used lens! Used @ 5.6 is special...

 

[raid]

I still use the Summicron 35/2 eight element version. I like the images from it. The Canon 35/1.5 ltm is also a lens that provides me with images that I like. I own many older design lenses that I enjoy using once in a while.

There are many 35mm lenses that have some characteristics that some photographers seem to like.

The new 35/2 APO by CV may be a special lens in optical perfection.