[Leica] The Handmaid's Tale -- More 50mm musings

[kyle cassidy on the lug]

I’m sure I’m hoping I can get better just by buying new equipment :) It’s easier to blame the lens than anything else. 
I’ve done side by side tests with a borrowed Summilux and there is a difference (in contrast especially) and i vacillate between “nobody will notice” and “do my photos look blurry?” 
Gear Acquisition Syndrome. 

> Terrific image Kyle, what are you concerned about?
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Sep 3, 2015, at 10:01 AM, kyle cassidy on the lug <leicaslacker at 
> > gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2015/kyle-cassidy-handmaids-tale.jpg <http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2015/kyle-cassidy-handmaids-tale.jpg> 
> > <http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2015/kyle-cassidy-handmaids-tale.jpg <http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2015/kyle-cassidy-handmaids-tale.jpg>>
> > 
> > Leica M9, Canon Serenar 50mm f 5.6
> > 
> > Every once in a while I take a photo that I think is substandard and I 
> > wonder if it?s the 50mm I?m using and other times it seems to be just 
> > fine. The Handmaid?s Tale takes place in the future where most people are 
> > sterile. It?s a classic work of feminism and science fiction and a source, 
> > I?m told, of great Canadian Pride. 
> > 
> > I used the 50 both at it?s ordinary close focus and again with the closeup 
> > adapter both of which seemed to work pretty well.
> > 
> > This doesn?t mean that you shouldn?t try and sell me your Voigtlander 50mm 
> > 1.5 m-mount. 
> > 
> > Thoughts? 
> > 
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