[Leica] Sally Mann and her lens

[Richard Man]

Now you are just talking Leica users :-)

just kidding just kidding.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> "So off went the Emperor in procession under his splendid canopy. Everyone
> in the streets and the windows said, "Oh, how fine are the Emperor's new
> clothes! Don't they fit him to perfection? And see his long train!" Nobody
> would confess that he couldn't see anything, for that would prove him
> either unfit for his position, or a fool. No costume the Emperor had worn
> before was ever such a complete success."
>
> - H.C. Andersen
>
> On 9 Dec 2014, at 06:13, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
>
> > ..and sold var millions but you confusing her with Gursky et al
> > On Dec 8, 2014 9:06 PM, "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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
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> >> Nathan Wajsman
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> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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>
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>
>
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