Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guys, In a suprise trip to Portugal a couple of years ago I took my CLE with a couple of the Minolta lenses for portability, as my dear wife had paid for the trip I couldn't really turn it into a big-deal photo safari. She took her Leica Minizoom. And when the snappy snaps arrived back from processing was I envious! Her Leica lensed pictures sure looked brighter, sharper, more colourful than mine, and that was just on 6x4s! I use that camera myself more often these days... Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Krechtz@aol.com [SMTP:Krechtz@aol.com] In a message dated 9/20/00 8:08:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, brougham3@yahoo.com writes: << My wife could (except I have the 'cron ASPH). I was really surprised...and half expecting to hear, "I don't see any difference between your new expensive toy and your perfectly good N****." I really wasn't expecting to see any difference at that size and on a machine print. And I *really* wasn't expecting my wife to appreciate any difference. >> One of the differences found to exist between men and women, in recent research, is that women tend to have a far better ability to distinguish and describe subtle shadings and variants of color. My wife edits my chromes of natural and human subjects for color rendition, contrast and saturation and unerringly catches the nuances evident in results from different lenses. She does the same with the occasional roll of color negative film I shoot for other folks. She, too, favors the high-priced glass. By the way, there are exceptions. Some old Minolta p & s models have fine color rendition, too. Joe Sobel