Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1995/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]** Reply to note from fred@csgi.com 11/22/95 08:52am GMT > Therefore, except for the exercise of talking > about photography and equipment instead of making pictures, there is not much > to learn from such discussions. Well Fred, you might think so, but it's not quite true that Leica lenses are "always" superior to the film. Only the best ones, like the 180 Apo Telyt are better than Tech Pan, that is if you like Tech Pan. But wait a minute, even with 400 speed film Leica's superiority shows up. So what the heck, we can benefit from these discussions, because lenses have differenc "character." I remember one writer in Leica Photography some years ago saying the 80 Summilux R was one of the most "characterful" (talk about translations, eh?) lenses he had ever used. So talking about lenses is very beneficial, especially similarities and difference between the same focal length and aperture. Regards, Eric Welch Grants Pass, OR