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Re: [OM] Surrealism by Summitar

Subject: Re: [OM] Surrealism by Summitar
From: Moose via olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:56:38 -0800
Cc: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
On 12/16/2025 4:35 PM, Peter Klein via olympus wrote:
My 50 Summicrons are with DAG for some minor surgery. So, when we went to friends for first night of Hanukkah, I thought I'd fool with my old 1949 Summitar. It's a time machine lens. At f/4, it's good, solid 1950s. At f/2.8 it's 1940s.  And at f/2, it is 1930s with a touch of Dada and Surrealism if treated right.

In this shot, I went wide open and let the lens be itself. It obliged.
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/54989225080/in/dateposted-public/>

Enjoy!

I did!
OTOH, it's not entirely up to the lens, as the shot is through glass (double?) with reflections. I do that sort of thing, too. 🙂

I have a modest menagerie of old lenses. The LTM Canon 50/1.2, from 1956, and FL mount 58/1.2, 1962, do indeed show their special stuff wide open.

Zookeeper Moose

What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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