{"id":41924,"date":"2026-02-03T08:38:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=41924"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:39:36","slug":"the-choir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2026\/02\/03\/the-choir\/","title":{"rendered":"The Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leica Summicron ‘glow’.<\/I><\/p>\n

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The standout characteristic of the LLL 35mm ‘Summicron’ 8 element<\/a> and the LLL 50mm Cook ‘Speed-Panchro’ S-P II<\/a> clone lenses is the glow they produce around strong highlights at full aperture. Want the best definition? Stop down to f\/2.8 or smaller and the glow is gone. In a sense you get two lenses in one, with each variant.<\/p>\n

This was snapped at f\/2 in the local Episcopal cathedral. Click for a larger image, click again and you will see what I’m going on about. Cutting edge sharpness at full aperture? Nope. But a charming rendering unlike that of modern optics.<\/p>\n

Leica M10, LLL 35mm 8 element at f\/2, ISO 1600.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leica Summicron ‘glow’. For an index of all Leica-related articles click here. Click the image for a larger version. The standout characteristic of the LLL 35mm ‘Summicron’ 8 element and the LLL 50mm Cook ‘Speed-Panchro’ S-P II clone lenses is the glow they produce around strong highlights at full aperture. Want the best definition? Stop … Continue reading The Choir<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leica","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41924"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41927,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41924\/revisions\/41927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}