Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Colucci <colucci@thehearth.org> wrote: > Ted - I am a collector of cameras and lenses as well as a long time > amateur photographer....lenses can (and do) give a certain flavor to > images... > > see one of my favorite pix of my niece here > > http://members.aol.com/dcolucci/m6.jpg > > the way this lens behaves is to my liking...not all lenses would produce > the same result >thus wrote Ted Grant: > >> I find comments like yours and those of others when describing the look >> of a lens as quite interesting, as it never occurred to me to consider >> the effect you folks see as making a successful photographic moment. I >> suppose it's the subject some shoot where this Creamy effect is more >> important than to those of us who work as photojournalists. Likewise the pre-APO 90mm Summicron-R gives me a 'look' that's very suitable for portraits that I don't get with a more modern lens like the 100mm APO. A couple of years ago on one list I contemplated out loud the option of replacing the 90 'cron with 80 'lux, since I had just purchased the 100 APO and the 90's aperture and focal lenght are so close to the 100 APO. I was met with a flood of "DON'T DO IT, YOU'LL REGRET IT" responses and if I'm not mistaken Ted was a member of the chorus. Not that the 80 'lux is a bad lens, but because of the 90 'cron's uniquely beautiful 'fingerprint'. Even now the 90 is the lens I'll pick for family portraits because of its 'fingerprint'. http://www.wildlightphoto.com/family/kgjb.jpg http://home.earthlink.net/~telyt/img/BUTTERFLY.JPG http://home.earthlink.net/~telyt/img/3KIDS.JPG Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .