Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lack of fast primes is a real irritant to me as well, Will. ___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com ...... Original Message ....... On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:29:02 -0700 Will von Dauster <vondauster@earthlink.net> wrote: "On Mar 25, 2006, at 9:29 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: " "> Those are gorgeous images, Tina. And yet, over the years, you and I "> have "> both seen similar sorts of images shot by photographers who, like "> you, knew "> what they were doing, that were shot using 1.4 Nikon, Canon, "> Minolta, Zeiss, "> Olympus, and, yes, Leica ( ;-) ) lenses. I would suggest that most "> times "> when it's impossible to get the shot without a lens faster than 1.4 "> - and I "> stress most - the overall lighting is just so damn low and flat "> that even "> with a Super Lens the resulting photo is just muddy and flat. Most "> - stress "> on most again - of the time when there are splashes of light in the "> dark, as "> in your photos, 1.4 will do the trick. But of course there are, "> admittedly, "> those couple times a year that fall outside the mostness, and then "> it's have "> faster glass or miss the shot. :-) " "The current lack of fast primes is one of the reasons I hesitate to "move from Canon to Olympus. The lack of a 10MP or better E-2 is the "other... " "Will von Dauster " "_______________________________________________ "Leica Users Group. "See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information