Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] LEICA STORY
From: "A.H.SCHMIDT" <horsts@primus.com.au>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 15:46:12 +1000

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