Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use the NON-FLE 35 Asph. That's usually sufficiently decrepit for me. If that is too good, I can go back to 1946 with a Summitar, or c. 1930 via 1962 with a Jupiter-8. --Peter On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 11:22 PM, Chris Crawford < chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > When I was in college, my photography professor always told us, tongue in > cheek, ?If you can?t make it good, make it big!? > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 12/9/14, 12:06 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > > >And the resulting garbage is printed HUGE and hung in art galleries. > > > >On 9 Dec 2014, at 04:09, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > >wrote: > > > >> A commentary on our obsession with FLE ASPH ED OIS lens? > >> > >> *********** > >> I certainly could go out and buy a good, tack-sharp lens that would take > >> the perfect picture, that's in focus from end to end. But instead, I > >>spend > >> an awful lot of time at that antique mall, looking around for these > >>lenses > >> with just the right amount of decrepitude. The glue has to be peeling > >>off > >> of the lens elements; it's great if it's mildewed and out of whack. A > >>lens > >> is made up of several different pieces of glass, which are supposed to > >>stay > >> glued in the right relationship with each other. But my most prized lens > >> has one of the pieces of glass askew, so when the light comes in it, > >>it's > >> refulgent. It just bounces all around and does this great sort of > >> luminescent thing on the glass. You can tell a good ruined lens, right > >>from > >> the get-go: they are the ones you find in the trash cans of old photo > >> studios, in some ghost town in Iowa. I mean, that's the kind of lens I'm > >> looking for. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > >> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > >> // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > >Nathan Wajsman > >Alicante, Spain > >http://www.frozenlight.eu > >http://www.greatpix.eu > > > >Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > >PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > >Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >