Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_030A_01BD774D.D2AA3880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have heard rumours that different lens families of Leica lenses (i.e. = Elmarits or Summicrons, etc.) reflect differing aesthetic preferences = (sharpness, colour saturation, contrast). Is this true? If it is, what = is the exact philosophy behind this (what are those families purported = characteristics)? Is there any documentation from Leica about this?=20 I know that there are differences; from experience I have learned that I = like Elmarits better than others, I'm just not sure why...... - ---------------------------------------------------- You can respond to this e-mail online. If you have ICQ my ICQ# is 10847720 If you don't have ICQ you can page me through: * My Personal Communication Center: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/10847720 = (go there and try it!) * Or you can send me e-mail to 10847720@pager.mirabilis.com You can download ICQ at http://www.icq.com/ Include your ICQ details in YOUR e-mail signature: = http://www.icq.com/emailsig.html Topher/Tofu - ---------------------------------------------------- - ------=_NextPart_000_030A_01BD774D.D2AA3880 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have heard rumours that different = lens=20 families of Leica lenses (i.e. Elmarits or Summicrons, etc.) reflect = differing=20 aesthetic preferences (sharpness, colour saturation, contrast). Is this = true? If=20 it is, what is the exact philosophy behind this (what are those families = purported characteristics)? Is there any documentation from Leica about = this?=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT><FONT size=3D2>I know that = there are=20 differences; from experience I have learned that I like Elmarits better = than=20 others, I'm just not sure why......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000=20 size=3D2>----------------------------------------------------<BR>You can = respond=20 to this e-mail online.<BR>If you have ICQ my ICQ# is 10847720<BR>If you = don't=20 have ICQ you can page me through:<BR>* My Personal Communication Center: = <A=20 href=3D"http://wwp.mirabilis.com/10847720">http://wwp.mirabilis.com/10847= 720</A>=20 (go there and try it!)<BR>* Or you can send me e-mail to <A=20 href=3D"mailto:10847720@pager.mirabilis.com">10847720@pager.mirabilis.com= </A><BR>You=20 can download ICQ at <A=20 href=3D"http://www.icq.com/">http://www.icq.com/</A><BR>Include your ICQ = details=20 in YOUR e-mail signature: <A=20 href=3D"http://www.icq.com/emailsig.html">http://www.icq.com/emailsig.htm= l</A><BR>Topher/Tofu<BR>-------------------------------------------------= - ---</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_030A_01BD774D.D2AA3880--