Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mind you, I'm a Zeiss_and_S/K fanatic when it comes to my 120. Slobodan Dimitrov Simon Lamb wrote: > > Slobodan > > In the nicest possible way - you need help!.... > > ....and the 100mm f/2.8 Zeiss Makro Sonnar gives the same feeling. > > Simon > > On 30/3/03 7:09 pm, "Slobodan Dimitrov" <sld@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > The thing about Leica chromes and negs, is their cathedral effect. No > > other optic comes close, until we go to the realm of the monumental 120. > > By that I mean the physiological response to the viewing experience of > > the hanging neg. strip, or chromes on a light table. One's jaw goes a > > little slack and the eyes open up just a bit, and one's head goes up and > > down digesting the manifested visual epiphany. > > I can not, try as I might, after all these years, to be indifferent and > > complacent to a hanging strip of Leica generated images. > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > > > > Simon Lamb wrote: > >> > >> Ed > >> > >> I take it you mean that nothing 'Leica' comes close. There are other lenses > >> out there that come very close indeed. > >> > >> Simon > >> > >> On 30/3/03 3:27 am, "Edward Caliguri" <caliguri@rcn.com> wrote: > >> > >> SNIP When I shoot close up (down to 1:1), for me nothing comes close to the > >> 100 Apo Macro R lens. > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html