Re: [Leica] Lens signatures, old and new

["Bob Stack" <ticino@earthlink.net>]

Hi Dan.  If you have the chance, look at some Salgado prints.  In my view,
they are stunning, and represent the best of current (?) lenses, printing
papers and techniques.  It would be a worthwhile comparison to the "older"
prints you have seen.  Best regards, Bob Stack.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Honemann" <danh@selectsa.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 12:26 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Lens signatures, old and new


> 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.
>
> 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
>
>