Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I suspect this is it, Buzz. The prints are simply unique to that era. I > have b&w snaps my father took with his Retina IIa when I was a kid that have > a good bit of this glow and this depth--and they are just snapshots! But > they put my snaps made with a Stylus Epic (good as that fixed 35/2.8 is) to > shame. > > It's like the difference between an old cabinet you discover in an antique > shop and a new one that's made with the same wood and with the same design. > The older stuff has a quality to it that is hard to describe but readily > discernible, while the newer stuff seems somehow flimsy or two-dimensional > by comparison. Sort of like my 40 year old sailboat built from 1" thick Honduras Mahogany. Steve Annapolis > > I'm not really a Luddite, honest--nor do I mean to start the old debates > over zeiss vs. leica, ad infinitum. I guess I really just want to express > my appreciation for the quality of these prints, and my strong desire to be > participate in something of such great beauty, even if it is a desire that > can perhaps no longer be fulfilled. > > Dan > > >> I am sure that someone will correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that >> H.C.-B.'s pictures from that era were printed by the genius Henri Gassman >> who, sadly, is no longer with us on papers which, sadly, are no >> longer with >> us. These prints may or may not have exhibited a "Leica Glow" or the glow >> of some other maker's lens...about which we will now argue ad nauseum. >> >> Buzz Hausner >