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Which lenses have 'character'?


seratti

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#1 summilux 1,4/75

#2 sonnar c 1,5/50

#3 noctilux 1/50

#4 summicron 2/90 v1

The only one of those I have is #2 - and yes it can display 'character'.  A shot from my M7 on Acros 100 developed today.

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I'm still trying to understand what "character" is. ... ;)

 

OOF, glow, pop, flare, contrast, acuity, sharpness, edge drop-off, good-bad bokeh (?)...is one or all...character? Or is it how it "the glass draws" whatever that means??

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Says a man who has almost has no other lenses than character lenses on his shelf... ;)
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I have to admit that Leica's (Leitz) Collapsible 50mm F2 Summar, Summitar and Summicron has very beautiful rendering, especially if those lenses are clean with minimum front glass cleaning scratches because the glass is so soft. I am lucky to have ran across a 1946 Summitar and a 1952 Summicron collapsible lenses in very clean shape. Here is an example from my 1946 Summitar Lens...

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/uploads/gallery/album_5484/gallery_39625_5484_343080.jpg

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I just finished a roll of Portra 160 in my M7 where I changed mid-roll from C-Sonnar 50mm to LTM Summicron 5cm Collapsible.  Will be interesting to see what that change brings result-wise.  Will be a while as I will send it to Canada Film Lab...

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