Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Having just gotten out of the "erotic nude" photo business, I have 2 years experience shooting nude females with Leicas, both M6 and R8. My favorite M lenses for shooting women were the 35/2 ASPH, 50/2, and 90/2.8. For the R8 I used the 50/2, the 85/1.4, the 100/2.8 APO and the 180/2.8 APO. I have over 4,000 slides of beautiful females shot with Leicas! If you'd like me to post some sample Leica nudes for you to see, with lens information included, let me know. Francesco At 04:35 PM 12/31/98 , Mike McGyver wrote: >Thanks for your responses. I did consider SLR for the work (since I >already have one, but not Leica)... but I've settled on the M system >specifically because I think it's less intimidating to the subject. >Besides, the M allows the subject to sort of "go with the flow," vs. the >SLR where he/she would strike a pose and freeze until the mirror flap is >heard. Apparently, the 50 Summicron is excellent wide open (saw Mr. >Alexey Merz's post on photo.net, thanks), so I'll try that out before I >dump the $$$ on a Noctilux. I'll also look into the 90... now that the >APO-ASPH version is coming out, I hope I can find a late model f/2 for a >reasonable price. Again, thanks for the much-needed help! > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >