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Subject: [Leica] Leica Elmar 90mm f4 LTM
From: smithjeffery at mac.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:53:47 -0700
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Thank you very much! If I was shooting just cityscapes, buildings, etc., 
modern sharp lenses would be the way to go, but I'm increasingly trying to 
get human faces into everything and I don't want sharp details to distract 
from the overall impression of the face. As Capa said, if the pictures 
aren't good enough, you aren't close enough (paraphrased). It will be 
interesting trying some SP with 90mm as the lens. 

Back home in Louisiana, I have some Leica 50s that are vintage (Summarit, 
Summitar, collapsible Summicron) and I wish I had brought them to California 
with me.  For now, it is the 90/4 Elmar and two very clean Jupiters.

> On Jul 22, 2021, at 2:14 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> Yes! It?s a wonderful shot Jeffery, I?m also a lover of the old lenses, as 
> Frank said the modrrn ones are too sharp, too crisp, I love the Mandler 
> lenses.
> 
> Lluis
> 
> 
>> El 22 jul 2021, a les 18:04, Jeffery Smith via LUG <lug at 
>> leica-users.org> va escriure:
>> 
>> Thanks Lluis. You might remember the chess matches from about 2 decades 
>> ago. 
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jeffery+Smith/Chess-Match-4.jpg.html 
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jeffery+Smith/Chess-Match-4.jpg.html>
>> 
>> I just chose 6 of my favorites, based mostly on the children's 
>> expressions.
>> 
>> The only lens I had with me was a 50/2.8 Elmar, but the room was very 
>> well lit up.
>> 
>>> On Jul 22, 2021, at 8:28 AM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at 
>>> leica-users.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> +1
>>> 
>>> Great portraits, lovely work
>>> Lluis
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> El 21 jul 2021, a les 4:29, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at 
>>>> leica-users.org> va escriure:
>>>> 
>>>> Alan, Jeffery
>>>> Both stunning portraits. Beautiful
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Jayanand
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 6:57 PM Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG <
>>>> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Per the discussion on the Elmar 90mm f4 LTM, I think it might almost 
>>>>> be too
>>>>> sharp for a portrait lens.  I took this when my only lenses for my M3 
>>>>> were
>>>>> the 50 Summicron
>>>>> collapsible and this 1946 Elmar 90 that I bought for $49.00 in 1974.  
>>>>> The
>>>>> stop was f/5.6.  View large and notice the stray hair on the cheek.
>>>>> 
>>>>> <
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/Charisse/19750712_MR_Charisse_2.jpg.html
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alan
>>>>> 
>>>>> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
>>>>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
>>>>> (Retired)
>>>>> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
>>>>> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
>>>>> amagayneroshak at gmail.com
>>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/>
>>>>> 
>>>>> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
>>>>> for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
>>>>> 
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Replies: Reply from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Leica Elmar 90mm f4 LTM)
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