Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The only lens I currently have is the Elmar. Not used to collapsible lenses, it took a while before I got used to it, but now we're best friends. Decided to dedicate the following to all those 'funky' Leica lenses ;-) ELMAR'S TUNE (Sing to Elmer's Tune by Glenn Miller) Sometimes neglected, rejected, forgotten sort of, This lens, I reckon, will beckon a labour of love, The gentle bokeh, the 'smokeh' midtones that bloom, It's just Elmar's Tune What makes a lady of eighty start using a loupe? Young snappers scramble to ramble, and set of in troupe, When shadows kick in and thicken, shots opportune, It's just Elmar's Tune Listen, Listen, There's a lot you're liable to be missin', Sling it, Don't ding it, Any old day, it's a wonderful prime, As it collapses, it lapses you into a dream, Of shadows deepended and steepened, and highlights like cream, Your photos singing and swinging, whether gold or maroon, That's just Elmar's Tune, yeah, That's just Elmar's Tune, oh, That's just Elmar's Tune! M. - -- Martin V. Howard, Application Systems Laboratory, | Dept. of Comp. & Info. Sci., Linkoping University, | Just "DOHH" it! SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden. Tel +46 13 282 421, +----------------+ Fax +46 13 142 231; marho@ida.liu.se; www.ida.liu.se/~marho