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Thank you Kevin.
You are welcome. : ) Please stay tuned. More test shots will come.
Thank you Kevin.
Manufacturing the right kinds of flint glass is not illegal in China.
Old lenses are generally expensive due to rarity and high demand once they become ‘classic’.
Horrible rings around oof highlights, only very slightly worse from the replica😱
I'm kidding, who cares. These all look lovely, and the difference in contrast from modern coatings is smaller than I thought.
That prototype looks expertly machined and love the brass! Hope that's available. Used the 8-element for a trial long ago but the damned thing had permanent haze that killed any contrast wide open. Would definitely go for its twin at $500-700.
Question, though. I'm more of a lurker than a commenter only because most here are far better informed and experienced than me. Really learned a lot from you folks over the years. You guys were razzing someone earlier for being negative about this new development and I thought the same as 'Huss' and others did but when I went reading around on Leica Users Forum, I suddenly stumbled on the same posting and photos by Kevin. Makes me wonder if there's something to that earlier poster's suspicions.
So it is a true replica. Hopefully, in the near future we will see almost all cult lenses replicated by someone as dedicated as this gentleman,
Don't forget that Leica is in the midst of doing the same. The 28 Summaron, to my surprise, was a great hit while the 90 Thambar not so much. And they have mentioned that they have others planned for re-release.
We still don't know how this lens performs on closed aperture and against of the Sun.
Incredible! I never thought that different lenses can be so close.
The original lens is a tiny little bit softer. Look at the dark parts of the teapot in the last picture.
Thank you Kevin for these pictures.
Erik.