Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon Lamb wrote: > > David > > One light, a 200 head into an umbrella. Normally I would use an Octobox, a > softbox, a snoot etc. but I couldn't be bothered to set it all up and the > kiddies were getting bored. It is cheating, but I was trying out a new > 180mm f/4 lens I got for my Hasselblad when I remebered about Mark doing > sutdio stuff with his M, so I thought I would give it a try. Only had > Provia 100F available but seems to look OK converted to b&w. > > The 90 AA is a stunning lens, easily the par of anything else I have, bar > perhaps the 180mm Hasselblad lens. > > Thanks for the comment. > > Simon > I also use the 180 lens for a year so far; the 90/2AA for the Leica for two years I get better quality, more formalized less spontaneous head shots with the 180; and that is on medium format format. Quite a bit more acreage than 35mm format. So I've not been able to make a call as to which lense is better, Its very hard to do when they are going into two different formats. Very hard to do. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA Photography Website: http://www.rabinergroup.com Email: mark@rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html