Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Two "new" images
From: Teresa299@aol.com
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 17:22:40 EST

In a message dated 1/27/02 1:03:03 PM, bdcolen@earthlink.net writes:

<< I have to say 'thanks,' and your comments are all right on - although I

would argue that number 4 will always have some relevance as a political

social image...But given our short national memory, maybe not..:-(


As to the Big Question..


Yes, #3 was shot with a Summicron 28....#4 was shot with a Vivitar Series I

28 on a Honeywell Pentax, which is what I "moved up" to from my first "real"

camera, a IIIc with a Serenar 50 1.8.


I think the lesson here, given that thus far 50% of the guessers have

guessed wrong, and NO ONE has flat out said - 'Oh, THAT's a Leica image,' is

that as wonderful as Leica glass is, this 'I can tell a Leica image at 50

paces stuff' is so much bs. ;-)


Bottom line - "it ain't the meat, it's the motion." >>

I only have "old" Leica lenses--meaning none that are ASPH.  From discussions 
I've read regarding 35mm summicron pre-asph vs. asph, there's a different 
"look."  So to say that one can absolutely identify every leica shot is hard 
for me to understand given the different "looks" that a number of Leica lens 
have.

On the other hand, next time if you test us you say, here's 2 images, one a 
summicron one a minolta rokkor or maxxum (etc), those of us who think we're 
familiar with particular lens "looks" might be better able to tell Leica.

- -kim


ps--where's my M3?
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