Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Several have commented that Steve Holloway's pictures are content-good... not Leica good...and that therefore the question of hte lens is immaterial.....I realize that being there with the "eye" is THE most important issue, the point remains that the look of the photo is part of that photo.....otherwise we might just as well be shooting Diana cameras... ...if I were to take 2 pictues, one with a 4x5 camera using a Super Duper APO 210 lens at F90 vs, the Leica M6 using a 50 Noctilux lens at F1, same photogrpaher, same moment in time, same camera angle, same light, etc, etc, etc, the same, what is the LOOK of the lens? How does that look manifest the scene? In defense of the Bokeh group, I believe that the OOF areas are part of the picture, and that they do conbtribute to the effect... Is a Nikon 55 F1.2 different in look than the Nocti....??? All else being the same..... Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net