Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 6/8/00 8:14 pm, ralph fuerbringer at rof@mac.com wrote: > 1/2 a > century ago there were recommendatons to get uncoated 50mf1.5 sonnars for > portraits. it was said they put more details in shadows. this brings up an interesting point about the current and pre-asph summilux 35. There is a similar argument to the above that the latter, because of flare, puts in more shadow density in high-contrast nighttime lighting conditions. I'd have to say that subjectively, that seems true. I've assumjed the overall veiling flare from bright highlights eg streetlamps bumps up the shadow threshold, at the expense of overall contrast. (In a high contrast night shot this is not such a problem). I don't want to open up the asph v. non-asph debate but I wondered if this is a real effect or just my wrong impression? - -- Johnny Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com