[Leica] Leica Elmar 90mm f4 LTM

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

As long as you are scanning film to digital, and processing for
display/printing from there, it would be better to have crisp images that
can be softened any which way you want in PP, because the converse (i.e.
soft to sharp) might not always be possible. IMHO, it is always better to
have too much information than too little, the range of possibilities for
the final output is far greater.

Of course, I am assuming here that the only important aspect is not the
process or methodology, but the final output.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 3:23 AM Jeffery Smith via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> 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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