Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] APO-ASPH Summicron 90
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 22:47:32 -0700

Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> 
> Andrew,
><Snip> DO NOT
> USE THIS LENS TO PHOTOGRAPH YOUR WIFE OR MOTHER-IN-LAW!
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Nathan
You've probably read the old one about not having the glass be younger that the
female subject?
I don't go by it. I stand a little farther away and maybe overexpose with flash
to be a bit flattering but sharp and real. Nobody likes to look bad. My Dad used
to say "can you sing "Far, Far Away""?
Mark Rabiner
Not ready for my closeup either!