Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/01

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Subject: [Leica] Retro Blast... IIIA and a Summar
From: cartersn at nsula.edu (Sonny Carter)
Date: Thu Dec 1 04:08:20 2005
References: <a2f8f4470511300449q7621eb8fs9a4f489107e36ee1@mail.gmail.com> <BFB339A8.904C%bdcolen@comcast.net> <6.1.0.6.2.20051130082817.1206dcf0@192.168.100.42> <003101c5f5d6$37d29040$6400a8c0@ted> <6.1.0.6.2.20051130133650.120ca670@192.168.100.42> <003501c5f602$32392320$f7d54154@desktop> <6.1.0.6.2.20051130155113.120b04a8@192.168.100.42> <a2f8f4470512010025w109fe374k733a1cc6b3a17017@mail.gmail.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20051201004055.1207bc00@192.168.100.42> <438EC8CA.8030009@summaventures.com>

The question, if I recall, was does the old lens cause the picture to be 
flat and gray.  Geebee showed that it does not.

Now the thread is twisting around to "taste."   

I have old lenses, and shoot them often.  The results don't come out flat.  

Hazy is OK.  Lazy is not.

SonC


 
Richard wrote:

> 
> OK, let me see if I can explain: first and foremost, I suppose I am 
> really weird, but I sort of like the slight hazy look. I don't mean I 
> would want them in all my pictures, but I honestly am not pulling 
> anyone's legs that to me they have certain charms. Obviously it looks 
> like we have something like 100 vs. 1 with me being that lone opinion 
> there, but I can accept that. I like GeeBee's mods too but I personally 
> *may* still not do it that way.
> 


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