Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guy Bennett wrote: ><Snip> when the image seems TOO sharp; it almost hurts > the eye! > > if i ever find the pre asph summicron 35 at a local dealer, i'm going to > ask him to let me borrow it (no, i'm not crazy) just to try it out. i'm not > sure i would trade the asph version for the pre-asph, but i'd sure love to > compare. (might have to have both!) > > yo! > > guy On the Hasselblad list months back some experienced smart people were talking about not using the 120 macro for portraits; too sharp! Use the 150 as it is less sharp they said. Well I don't have the 120 but if i did I'd use it for portraits you bet!. I m in the minority opinion on if things can be too sharp or not for faces. Face up to it! I'd like a lens to be as sharp as it can be. From babies to craggy old people. And I won't touch diffusion either...over a lens and god knows over an enlarger lens. But I will use softer lighting and faster film. Those are the techniques I like to not get the split ends on the ends of their nostril hairs maybe. IF they don't want them shown. Frankly when my nostril hairs get split ends (and grey) I'd like to show them to the woirld! AND the big pores in my nose!!! But I'm in the minority opinion on this one. Can't think of anyone who agrees with me on this one. The Chuck Close school of portraiture! Put the grid in! OK Mark Rabiner