Leica IIF Leitz Summitar 5 cm

Oh. It's the famous "look how great the Summitar lens is" shot!!! Thanks for re-posting.

The four pix I have up are also shot with a Summitar, in case anyone wants some more examples of images shot with the lens.

2F , post your color ones , your bw ones are good but they could even printed better. This lens is a real Faberge Jewel. I bought a Leica Mini Zoom 35 -70 Elmar f.4 and took some examples with Portra 400 NC and will put here in 3 days

JPEG smoothed the image 10 times.

It's a hilarious photo! Too bad it has so many scratches and dust in it. I hope you can fix that.

Out of curiosity - why did you name the picture after the camera you used? You're obviously free to do so, but I'm still curious.

And I am curious why it is hilarious (the photo itself, that is). It appears to me that the women are simply ululating. It's no different than a picture of people clapping or cheering.

Either that or someone cut the cheese!

Michael R 1974 said:

And I am curious what exactly about this shot is supposed to convince me this Summitar is so good.

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Your curiosity is keen, Michael.....

I tend to take all the "greatest lens in the world" posts with a grain of salt, but usually give a "looks pretty sharp" thought when I see the results on my monitor. I'm with Michael, on this one. I don't get it...
I also don't much care about the greatest/sharpest thing. Too much time is spent on worrying about equipment, wasting time that could be used making images. All of my cameras, from my 8x10, down to my Dianas/Holgas, tax my ability to create interesting images. They all have the ability to out-resolve my brain and vision. On those days where my (figurative) vision isn't firing on all cylinders, a lens that can pick out a penny at 5 miles away is useless anyhow.
My favorite images, in the gallery, are those in which the artist's imagination is paramount. They're often pinhole, Holga, experimental (or in jnanian's case) without a camera at all.