Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] new Asph 90
From: Dominique PELLISSIER <pelliss@droit-eco.u-nancy.fr>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 16:13:53 +0200

A 18:15 17/09/98 PDT, vous avez =E9crit :
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>Dominique Pellissier wrote:
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>>I prefer a 90 which gives pictures sharp as a razor because when I want=
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>softness I can always put a Zeiss softar for contax lens : the filter=20
>size, E55, is the same for both the lenses.>>>>>>>>
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>Hi Dominque,
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>I'm with you on this sharpness thing. If it were not aspherical sharp=20
>there would be all kinds of LUGNUTS whining and bitching about it being=20
>unsharp.  However,  to complain about a lens being "too sharp" is=20
>something I cannot comprehend for heavens sake.
>
>if the lens is too sharp and you are going to photograph a beautiful=20
>woman then crinkle up  some cellophane, flatten it out and as the=20
>exposure is made just hold it in front of the lens and you have this=20
>beautiful "glow look" of unsharp sharpness.
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>Best thing is, the cellophane is free and not a fortune for a softar=20
>filter which you'll probably only use a few times.
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>Been doing it that way for years and it works wonders and doesn't cost a=
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>penny.
>
>ted
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Thanks for the tip, Ted !
D.P.