Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:47 AM 2/17/98 +0100, you wrote: >I see from your web site, that you love high contrast lenses. So, >you will be happy with the 2.8/21 asph Elmarit (and you would need You bet. I like the wonderful tonal rendition of Leica lenses. I do like sharp, and I hate flat pictures. Saturate colors and pure color. >Besides-1, I promise, that you'll hate the 2.8/21 asph Elmarit also - >because you love the out-of-focus rendition of your 1.4/75 Summilux. It's not the out of focus (bokeh) of the 75 I like as much as what's in focus. And the tonal modulation, regardless of whether it's out of focus or not. Saturation! <G> >Besides-2, the color rendition of blue-green and blue is different >in both lenses (in my perception). It is somehow flat from the 2.8/21 Interesting, considering that blue/green (more like cyan actually) that gives a greater sense of sharpness. One of the things that makes Zeiss lenses look sharp. They tend to be blue. And I got the impression from Erwin's web site that the 21 ASPH is clearly superior to the previous models (all of them). Am I wrong? All that aside, it really matters what each person prefers. You have your taste, I have mine. So the word superior is clearly subjective, but I think some lenses prove they are clearly superior. The 100 Apo macro has no peer. The 280 f/4 Apo Telyt is another. As is the 70-180 2.8 and the 180 f/2. All lenses I wish I could afford. <G> Some day. To tell the truth, I look at pictures by Gene Smith, and Ernst Haas, and Andre Kertesz and many others, right up to photojournalists work worked in the 60s and 70s and I think they had a wonderful palette to work with. Ours today with modern lenses is different. Modern lenses, films, scanners, printers, and computer screens. It's a different world. And the field is wide open for each person to select their tools, from a Leica Standard to a Linhof Teknika to a Leica R8 and 400 2.8. All of them are cool. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch I used to have a handle on life, then it broke