Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, How long do you make it before we will see a leica M6 digital? Digital cameras (less expensive ones anyway, lack manual focus, manual exposure, bracketing, sharp lenses and more. Comments? Also, when you take a Lecia photo, how do do you get it into Photoshop or equivalent? What is the final result or customer for your photos? Steve At 12:02 AM 1/25/98 -0600, you wrote: >At 10:58 PM 1/24/98 -0500, you wrote: >>Eric, >>With this discussion of enlargers, it dawned on me to ask if you remember >>the Vivitar EL lenses from about 20 years back. They were made in Germany, >>and the 80mm and 50mm ones that I have were very very good- so much so that >>I kept them when I sold my old Durst and got a 23C. >>Were they actually made by Schneider ( rumor I heard ) or by some other >>concern. > >Sorry, I don't know, but I do know that Vivitar is pretty good at designing >lenses if they want to. They had a 90-180 f/4.5 zoom that was one of the >best zooms ever made. But I wouldn't doubt Schneider could have made the >lens. They seem to do a lot of work for other companies, including Leica. >If they were better than Nikkor enlarger lenses, they were darn good. (But >I'll take a 40mm focotar on a V35 any day). > >Since I scan all my photos these days, darkrooms have become a moot point >for me, but I do remember with great fondness the process of printing black >and white. There's nothing like it to really see what Leica glass can do. >========== > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > >If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. > >Albert Einstein > >