Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i believe it was philip jones-griffiths told me about a photographer shooting desert wildflowers. after the first week his agency wired: wonderful effect but ten rolls is enough with only center sharp, all else weird and soft. he didnt know what they meant until he looked into his expensive asherical lens. the mean desert sun had melted the asherical element. that was canon glass. from the list i have gleaned that leica aspherical elements are stamped molten glass from hoya who most of you say cant make decent filters. not to worry, be happy: get melt insurance from state farm,stay in the shade as much as possible. after boston come to nyc. our emperor has streets safe for shooting, the sun seldom penetrates our protective smog and towers. best of all: none of our 500 painted cows has a lawyer-yet .ralph