Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]and I love the 80/1.4..no flash! > From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 22:05:13 +0100 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Portraiture lens preferences > > Terry, > > I prefer precisely the two lenses you have--90mm Apo for M and 100mm Macro for > R. They provide the sharpest images with the best colour fidelity, and those > are > the things I look for in a lens, regardless of the subject. If you want the > soft > 1930s look, just put on a UV filter and smear vaseline on it... > > Nathan > > tm wrote: > >> Can all who have a moment tell me which Leica lens they prefer for taking >> portraits? On the M side, I have the 90 APO but not the 75 1.4. On the R >> side, I have the 100 APO-Macro Elmarit but neither the discontinued 90mm >> Summicron. nor the 80mm 1.4 Summilux. Of course, your recommendations can be >> the aforementioned lenses I don't have, but please include reasons in all >> cases. In advance, THANKS! >> >> Terry >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html