Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Righto, Buzz! In a message dated 4/18/2004 4:31:41 PM Central Daylight Time, buzz.hausner@verizon.net writes: Yo, Sonny! I was the one who maintained that the 135 Elmarit is a pooch of a lens for reasons I will not reiterate here. However, I have also often stated that I don't think focus and exposure have all that much to do with great photographs. I believe that if people spent less time obsessing about incremental increases and decreases in equipment "quality" and put that mental effort into taking more and stronger pictures, they would dramatically increase the quality of their photographs. At the end of the day, if a photograph is truly an astonishing image, it will have made absolutely no difference if it had been taken at 5.6 with a Noctilux, Summilux, Summicron or Elmarit...great images are amazingly resistant to arguments over lens quality. Buzz Hausner -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of SonC@aol.com Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 9:41 AM To: lug@leica-users.orgSubject: Re: [Leica] New pics - Noct and 135 Elmarit In a message dated 4/18/2004 8:23:01 AM Central Daylight Time, mitch.zeissler@verizon.net writes: The first one was taken with the goggled 135 Elmarit: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1ssgc/Easter/easter_img_0001.htm MP, 135 Elmarit, f/2.8@1/50th, bounce flash, E100GX -------------------------------------------- Those of us who, like you have to live with the "terrible" performance of the 135 goggled Elmarit share your pain. Maybe if we spent lots more money we could extract decent portraiture from the (what was it he called the lens?) oh yes, "pooch." Seriously, that is a lovely shot. Though the URL was off on the Noctilux, it was easy to find. Sometimes I love Noctilux output at f1, othertimes, as in a couple of your plant shots, the "bokey" makes me slightly seasick. Regards, Sonny _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more informtion