Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 15 December 2000, "Dan Honemann" wrote: > > LUGgers, > > Do you find that some lenses are ideally suited for producing b&w images, > while others are best for color? > > I'd guess, for instance, that the 75/1.4 is a better b&w lens, while the > 90/2 apo is more suited for color. Likewise, the pre-asph 35's would be b&w > lenses, while the asph's would be better for color. > > Curious, as always, > Dan Dan, Me experience with weaker lenses is that they may be marginally acceptable for color, especially where the photo is more about color than about image detail, but with B&W I can't hide the lens' faults behind pretty colors. The old 300mm Nikkor-P is a good example. It had very noticable lateral chromatic abberation which I could hide with monochromatic images: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt/HBIRD.HTM http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt/SUBLOG.HTM With B&W it was much more difficult to hide the color fringing because monochromatic photos often look drab and lifeless as B&W, while B&W photos (mine, anyway) had to rely more on detail and contrast to be successful. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/