Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My 2 cents: "Sharper ain't *neccesarily* better!" It all depends on what/who you photograph! I love the effect of the non-asph 35 Summilux wide open with my subject back lit.... shot with Delta 3200 (just enough grain...) and you've got something really special! And, yes, it's true I've never shot the ASPH 35 Summilux, maybe I'd sing a different song... :) (but I doubt it!) Bob Keene "Everybody's Pal" - ---- >Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 02:31:58 +0000 >From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg> >Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Question.... > >>Dan Khong >>>You are right Mark. I sold my 35 summilux when I did not like the look at >>>f1.4-2.0 and somehow ended up with a "part of me missing" feeling.>>>>> >> >> >>Hi Dan, >> >>Until I joined the LUG club, I didn't realize there was any difference in >>Leica lenses. I have the 35 1.4 Summilux which I've used since 1967 when I >>purchased it and never knew there was any different look and was always >>amazed at what I got wide open and looked cool as 16X20 prints! :) B&W of >>course. :) >> >>So in some ways being a LUGGITE spoils the innocence of using Leica. What >>you don't know dosn't hurt you, but then you find out you can look even >>better on the LUG. Well OK the lens can improve the look of the >>image....even if the content is still lousy! :) >> >>ted >> > > >Ted > >Well put...... alas, the trend now is towards higher priced gaspherical >optics! > >Dan