Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, drop it a few times and may be the lens will become the sought-after decemented version :-) On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 1:29 AM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits