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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Leica Image Revisited
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 15:37:14 -0500
References: <1834a88c-2275-6127-93cf-22b934e5574c@lighttube.net> <B88C170B-CF56-476A-B6B1-173AC807FC07@gmail.com>

Thank you, again, Lluis.? I tried several of the 1930s lenses, and the 
Elmar was one of the best.? Mine was probably post-war, and was coated.? 
In a pinch, I also used it as an enlarging lens.

On 5/21/20 3:31 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote:
> Nice portrait, I had the Elmar 5cm f 3.5 and in my opinion that lens 
> performs very well, even wide open
> LLuis
>   
>
>> El 19 maig 2020, a les 5:30, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
>> escriure:
>>
>> When I saw Alan's Wayback Photo - Fluid Artist, my mind immediately 
>> jumped to one of the first Leica images I ever shot, with a Leica IIIa 
>> and coated Elmar 50/3.5 lens, 68 years ago.  The subject is my young 
>> wife, about a year into our marriage.
>>
>> This has always been one of my favorite photos of her.  I was curious to 
>> see if my modern post-processing software could improve on the image I 
>> scanned many years ago.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Donna+Umbrella+1952.jpg.html
>>
>> I will have to admit that we've come a long way from the camera store 
>> processing of the 1950s.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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