Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] EOS out of running; now R8 vs. M - wife has spoken
From: ternahan <ternahan@sonic.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:41:17 -0800

Doug,
Those portraits are truly wonderful...makes me wish I could have known him.
The dappled light and the cat are million dollar extras!
Any chance you can come down on Sunday for the Journalism School get
together?
t

> From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: 14 Nov 2001 09:13:34 -0800
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] EOS out of running; now R8 vs. M  -  wife has spoken
> 
> On Wed, 14 November 2001, "Zeissler, Mitch" wrote:
> 
>> 
>> When I broached the subject of new SLR glass, she was very specific
>> about what she would like to see if I pursued that direction.  Leica and
>> nothing else, as close to what we get with the M glass as possible [I
>> *KNEW* that would make Mark Rabiner happy!].
>> 
>> When I scanned the images we captured using the longer lenses [90mm M
>> and 135mm M glass vs. old 70-210mm Vivitar SLR, new 35-135mm ASPH Sigma
>> SLR, and Canon G1 digital glass], the Leica glass won hands down.  The
>> Leica images were all much clearer, sharper and haze/flare free.
>> 
> 
> If I didn't know better, I'd say your comparison of consumer zooms to Leica
> primes was calculated to give the results you wanted :)
> 
> In my case, She Who Must Be Obeyed reached the same conclusion when we
> compared photos made with R primes to those made with Nikkor AIS primes.  It
> helps to use the new Leica glass on her projects; in my case it was the last
> few months of her father's life:
> 
> http://home.earthlink.net/~telyt/hans
> 
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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