Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant, Just have to tell you I've been very busy with my R8/70-180 in the back roads of Wisconsin. Now is the time to be out there shooting the barns, farms, cornfields, & winding roads in the light of the setting sun. It's amazing just how beautiful these rural patterns are & how complex it is to capture it on film :~)! I shot some Fuji Astia with my 70-180, using a colorful Russian Santa Claus as a subject; all in intense indirect light. Good golly, I've never seen a more beautiful rendition; highlight details are incredible. The whites, colors, & textures are very pure & detailed. I'd have to say that Fuji Astia & Leica Apo glass are a magical combo! I'll be joining your seminar in Kennebunkport in October; I was very lucky in that I was on a waiting list. Can you convince Leica USA to bring a R-80 f1.4 & a R-90 f2 to the seminar. I would sure like to understand their optical signatures ;~)! Tom D.