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back alley

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found this on a local listing…


Summaron Leitz Leica 35mm 3.5cm f 3.5 Lens
Shoot panoramic images or portraits of your entire family, within a single frame, using the Leica Leitz Summaron 35 mm F/3.5 wide angle camera lens. This Leica camera lens’ 35 mm frame balances image brightness in bright-light situations, to produce clear pictures. The A36 filters of this Leica wide angle lens can easily be detached, to change the light effect. With a maximum aperture of F/3.5, this Leica camera lens produces sharp and bright pictures, in any lighting condition. Being a single reflex lens, this Leica wide angle lens gives the photographer an exact view of the to-be-shot scene. Having a screw mount, the Leica Leitz Summaron 35 mm F/3.5 is kept steady, with a fixed focus, allowing you to reproduce a blur-free shot.
 
I just googled the entire text and got a full match. It is copy/paste from the standard eBay description. He should rather be considered a plagiarist. :)
 
This explains why the shots from my M mount Summaron are always blurred! Should have got the screw mount ;)
 
It's time ebay realised just how stupid those descriptions seem to anyone other than a robot! Copying such rubbish can only detract from any faith you might have in the seller.
 
Well, isn't it true I can shoot panoramic portraits of the entire family in a single frame? It's a very special lens you know.

BTW, If anyone wants to trade their shaky M-mount Summaron for a rock-solid thread mount version, drop me a line.
 
But what if your camera does not have a panaramic switch.??
 
Wow and I thought my 24mm was the lens to get the whole family on the couch at once .So much for my lens knowledge:eek:
 
Tony Whitney said:
Robin is dead right. No serious buyer would take a second look after reading rubbish like that. It's laughable really.
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Who said a buyer needs to be serious?

It only takes two clowns to get prices to skyrocket on ebay, that's the beauty of the thing :D
 
Ronald M said:
I asked my dad where the brownie was focused. He said no need to focus as it was universal focus.

True story
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Aren't dads great? They can come up with the craziest things and say them to you with a straight face, and if you are a kid, you will believe them.

I love that- Universal Focus. I think I will use that for a name on one of my galleries on my website. Thanks!
 
back alley said:
With a maximum aperture of F/3.5, this Leica camera lens produces sharp and bright pictures, in any lighting condition.
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This just proves that anyone that drops the big bucks on a Noctilux is out of their mind. An f/3.5 lens works perfectly in any lighting conditions giving a sharp and bright picture. That's got to be why consumer-oriented, entry-level DSLRs come with a kit zoom lens that starts at f/3.5; it's all you'll ever need!
 
I like that it's being a single-reflex lens. That would be handy. I could put it on any old body and not have to worry about parallax any more.

What will they think of next?
 
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