Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1995/11/02
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I have now received Hisashi's response to me three times and I do hope that
something can be done to eliminate duplicates on this list.
Unfortunately, I do not agree with his observations about the Minolta 28mm
lens for the CLE. I did not and do not find it excessively contrasty. At
least not mine.
And, I know this will raise a flurry ot comments..... and that's OK..... but
I think most of the talk about contrasty lenses is just short of hogwash.
There are "flat" lenses to be sure.... old ones usually.... bad zooms, awful
teles, etc...... but I have never seen a lens from anyone anywhere any
time that even approached the contrast introduced by a contrasty film. The
lens just cannot do all that much to augment contrast. But a lousy film,
like the old Kodachrome 64, can exhibit such inherent contrast that it is
almost impossible to ever get a decent picture in bright sun.
All right...... let the incoming slams begin...... duck, INCOMING!
Fred Ward
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