Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's what I was looking for. I have a CV 90/3.5 APO Lanthar that is thoroughly modern looking to me. And a 75/2.5 Color Heliar. My friends are all pretty much in their 70s, so the 90/4 fills the bill for them. Jeffery > On Jul 18, 2021, at 5:00 PM, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > You would not get this "look" with the present 90, any of them designed in > the past 20 or so years...... > > Today's lenses are engineered to be SHARP, CRISP, HIGH CONTRAST. > > Katy is none of these. ( old 90 ELmar) > > Stay with what you like. > > > Frank Filippone > BMWRed735i at Gmail.com > On 7/18/2021 1:51 PM, Jeffery Smith via LUG wrote: >> Brian, >> >> Thank you so much for finding these photos. I like the Strawberry Lady, >> and I think your cousin Katy shows exactly what I'm hoping for in a >> portrait lens like this. The reflections in Katy's eyes are sharp as a >> razor, and the background OOF very fluffy. Love the Schlitz beer (I liked >> Schlitz...as I recall, they hired a new brewmaster, his beer wouldn't >> produce a head, so they plunged into bankruptcy). Father and Bob >> Braunstein are also sharp around the eyes. >> >> Thanks again. It looks like I lucked out with this one. I hope my results >> can approach what you have taken, even 49 years ago (when I was 22, I >> would have been too intimidated to photograph the Strawberry Lady). >> >> Jeffery >> >> >>> On Jul 18, 2021, at 3:50 PM, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I poked around and found 13 pictures that I am certain were taken with >>> my Elmar 90 f/4. >>> I almost always shot it wide open, but I never wrote that kind of >>> information down so I can't be sure. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/elmar90f4/ >>> >>> Most of these pictures are from a trip I took to Paris in the summer of >>> 1972. This is because on that trip, I had only the Elmar 90 and a 35 >>> with me, and obviously none of these was taken with a 35. So I didn't >>> have to stop and ponder what lens I had used. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/elmar90f4/ >>> >>> All Tri-X at ASA400 (the ISO wasn't created for at least another 10 >>> years after these pictures were taken). Developed in HC-110 and scanned >>> on a Nikon LS-4000. >>> >>> It is unusual for me to post pictures of anything but my grandchildren, >>> but I have done other stuff, too.... >>> >>> I tracked down the parents of the two boys shown in picture #7 and sent >>> them each an 8x10 print. Back then it was common to use US paper sizes >>> for European frames, but a decade later it was all A4. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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