Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/24

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Subject: [Leica] Are Leica lenses multicoated?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon Nov 24 01:30:24 2008

cardboard effect?

I'd not accuse anyone of cardboard effect!

What is it?



mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: Philippe AMARD <philippe.amard@tele2.fr>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:41:07 +0100
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Are Leica lenses multicoated?
> 
> I see no cardboard effect, rather wonderful photographs.
> Wish I had them in print for sure.
> Beautiful subjects, angles, lights and tones
> Small ? yes!
> But large enough to pick out what makes them work.
> Whatever the gear.
> Phx
> 
> Bob W wrote:
> 
>> Not sure what your point is. I can't very well circulate his negatives to
>> the list. The web is the best we're going to get in a hurry to show 
>> pictures
>> by anyone, whatever they use. I have all of his books, and I've seen some 
>> of
>> his prints - I guess you'll have to take my word for it.
>> 
>> Bob 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>> I think when you're looking at a jpeg which is 335x515 pixels
>>> which his is I
>>> checked and is a 35KB file it could have been shot with a
>>> cardboard throw
>>> away and you'd never know the difference. Certainly not
>>> sizable enough to
>>> tell the difference between different coating methods on
>>> lenses. These are
>>> slightly big thumbnails. You know what the shot is of. That's
>>> about it.
>>> 
>>>    
>>> 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>>> James Ravilious deliberately used older (pre-war) Leica
>>>>      
>>>> 
>>> lenses for his
>>>    
>>> 
>>>> photos of North Devon - a very effective technique for his
>>>>      
>>>> 
>>> subject matter.
>>>    
>>> 
>>>> http://www.jamesravilious.com/
>>>> 
>>>> Bob
>>>>      
>>>> 
>> 
>> 
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