Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree with this. I carry two to three 50mm lenses in my bag. A Summicron-DR, Summar and Summitar. Which one I use depends on the subject and the mood I am trying to capture. Sometimes the DR is simply too sharp and kills the mood. feli Don Dory wrote: > Photography is a craft as well as art. Most of the time the latest from > Solms is the best answer. The lenses are incredible wide open into the > light, holding detail from shadows into the highlights with little or no > flare. Yet I ended up making prints for my parents of flower shots taken > with the Sima soft focus lens: you want to talk soft flare? Stephen Gandy > is correct that sometimes a Summar wide open into the sun is just the right > photo impression. I have some portraits taken of children with Delta 3200 > shot high key: soft and grainy. > Don Dory > dorysrus@mindspring.com - -- ________________________________________________________________________ When your head is full of dust and tofu it's easy to smile all the time. -Ethan Ormsby ________________________________________________________________________ Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor feli@d2.com * DIGITAL DOMAIN * (310) 314-2800 ext.3074 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html