Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/08

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Subject: [Leica] New 35/1.4 ASPH?
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest)
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:18:05 -0500
References: <4B94B383.8030107@threshinc.com> <C7BA2E23.5EF03%mark@rabinergroup.com> <19b6d42d1003080950u392efa9w3c550eeddcfbd848@mail.gmail.com> <6279579A-F111-469E-8DCD-E86BBDF10220@charter.net>
 
This is why I love older Summicrons. They are "perfect" in my opinion.
Not too sharp, not too contrasty, not too muddy.
"Just right" like the porridge Goldilocks ate.
Phil Forrest



On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:58:54 -0800
slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at charter.net> wrote:

> Well said!
> S.d.
> 
> 
> On Mar 8, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Vince Passaro wrote:
> 
> > I suspect I would like
> > these lenses better in black and white: this is an argument in
> > favor of the gesture that evokes the whole; in favor of a little
> > bit of abstraction over the hyper-perfect rendition. 
> 
> 
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