Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/17
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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
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