Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Whining J. Wulff wrote: > At 10:52 AM -0700 9/30/99, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >"A.H.SCHMIDT" wrote: > >><Snip> > >> A few years ago I went for a holiday to Switzerland , Germany and Austria. > >> Before i went, I agonized as to what equipment to take and how much of it. > >> An hour before we left to go to the airport, I decided to take the M3, a > >> 50mm DR Summicron and the MR meter to clip on. I had a super > >>holiday.><Snip> > > > >No Thumbar? > > Is this a reference to the legendary soft focus lens developed by applying > a large, greasy thumb print on the front of the lens? > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com Whining, I think with modern lenses you would need quite a few greasy thumbprints, to get a softer Image. And then it is questionable if you get the right type of aberrations. Regards, Horst Schmidt