Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All I know is that I got a call at work from my wife who sat down to look at the first roll of film (Provia 100F) I put through my first Leica (M6 TTL 0.72, 35:2 Summicron ASPH). She has looked at most of my shots through the years taken with N*** optics and equipment, but this is the first and only time she called to say "Wow" (and I didn't even use a tripod ;-), and could she have a Leica, too :-) My wife is an artist (stained glass, painting) with a very good eye, but even she could not put into words exactly what elicited her reaction. From my point of view, the slides had a warmer, more contrasty look than shots taken with other optics with tremendous detail in the textures of the materials photographed. For all I know, the Summicron would test with lower resolution than N*** optics, but it sure didn't look that way to the eye. Mitch Leica Newbie