Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --=====================_1376864606==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 02:33 PM 10/6/99 +0800, ctkhor wrote: >Jim Brick was saying that a picture shot at f1.4 with a Summilux has a >special look and feel that only a f1.4 lens has. He also said only someone >who has owned and used a Summilux would understand it. > >James Khor James, You certainly have a special way of paraphrasing what someone said. Above is what you said I said. Below is what I actually said. Images made with a Summilux, at f/1.4, have some unique properties. It is not that one always photographs at f/1.4, it is that there are circumstances that need f/1.4, and there are circumstances that want f/1.4. But, of course, not all circumstances. If you do not have a Summilux, then you cannot realize the needed f/1.4 speed or the desired f/1.4 effect. And Webster's #1 definition of "realize" is: " to bring into concrete existence : ACCOMPLISH " which in no way means that (in your words) "only someone who has owned and used a Summilux would understand it." It simply means, "if you don't have one, you cannot easily photograph at a very low light level (at f/1.4) and you cannot limit your DOF to that narrow band produced at f/1.4." Nothing more, nothing less. So please, in the future, either clip exactly what I said, or ask me to explain further before paraphrasing. Thank you. Now about wasting your money on Summiluxs. I have sold all of my Summicrons and bought Summiluxs. Not all at once. Over a period of two years. I'm very happy that I did. I use f/1.4 often enough to justify the cost. Everyone has a different goal in their photographic endeavors. On my Hasselblad and 4x5 cameras, I have no use for anything wider than f/5.6. My M6 is a different story. I often use it in situations that need f/1.4. Either for very low light, or for minimum DOF. Or both. Jim Brick - --=====================_1376864606==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> At 02:33 PM 10/6/99 +0800, ctkhor wrote:<br> <br> >Jim Brick was saying that a picture shot at f1.4 with a Summilux has a<br> >special look and feel that only a f1.4 lens has. He also said only someone<br> >who has owned and used a Summilux would understand it.<br> ><br> >James Khor<br> <br> James,<br> <br> You certainly have a special way of paraphrasing what someone said. Above is what you said I said. Below is what I actually said.<br> <br> Images made with a Summilux, at f/1.4, have some unique properties. It is<br> not that one always photographs at f/1.4, it is that there are<br> circumstances that need f/1.4, and there are circumstances that want f/1.4.<br> But, of course, not all circumstances. If you do not have a Summilux,<br> then you cannot realize the needed f/1.4 speed or the desired f/1.4 effect.<br> <br> And Webster's #1 definition of "realize" is:<br> <br> " to bring into concrete existence <b>: </b>ACCOMPLISH "<br> <br> which in no way means that (in your words) "only someone who has owned and used a Summilux would understand it."<br> <br> It simply means, "if you don't have one, you cannot easily photograph at a very low light level (at f/1.4) and you cannot limit your DOF to that narrow band produced at f/1.4." Nothing more, nothing less. So please, in the future, either clip exactly what I said, or ask me to explain further before paraphrasing.<br> <br> Thank you.<br> <br> Now about wasting your money on Summiluxs. I have sold all of my Summicrons and bought Summiluxs. Not all at once. Over a period of two years. I'm very happy that I did. I use f/1.4 often enough to justify the cost. Everyone has a different goal in their photographic endeavors. On my Hasselblad and 4x5 cameras, I have no use for anything wider than f/5.6. My M6 is a different story. I often use it in situations that need f/1.4. Either for very low light, or for minimum DOF. Or both.<br> <br> Jim Brick<br> <br> </html> - --=====================_1376864606==_.ALT--