Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken Frazier wrote about using 100-year-old tools and older Leica camera and lenses. While we pride ourselves on the advances of technology, people in the past were not stupid and made marvelous things. I know many large format photographers who use 100-year-old lenses. That said, I need to say that what I like about Leica is how they have improved their lenses over time. That says a lot about them. And I marvel at how good the images Leicas produce. I have some 16x20 Cibas made from Velvia slides and they have detail like you wouldn't believe--all this from a 35mm image. That is remarkable engineering. And if paper were able to accept everything that is on a negative, I think we'd see even better how great the Leica lenses are. Doug Nygren ________________________________________________________________