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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica Ira's PAW
From: "Neal Friedenthal" <neal@nairobisafari.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 09:25:44 -0500

Ira,
In my opinion, for whatever that's worth, you made the right choice for the PAW. Better balanced and more pleasing image then the alt.
Also the second alt wouldn't come up??
Neal F


On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:50:59 -0800 (PST), Leica Users digest wrote:

>Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 23:00:13 EST
>From: ISILVERMN@aol.com
>Subject: [Leica] Ira's PAW 11
>Message-ID: <2d.1a30c31d.29c6c04d@aol.com>
>References: 
>
>My PAW photos for week 11 are up today. 
>
>For this week's pictures, I spent a day with the C-V 15mm Heliar mounted on 
>my M4.  
>
>I'm finding that I have to use this lens on a regular basis to stay "current" 
>so to speak.  If I don't, I find myself standing way too far back from the 
>subject and have learn to move up.
>
>That wasn't a problem with this week's PAW.  It was taken at local children's 
>playground, and I was close enough to the subject to risk injury. 
><http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=640534>
>
>Alternate 1 is a similar photo taken from a slightly different perspective.  
>It was a tough call for me to choose between this and the PAW.  
><http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=640539>
>
>Finally, for something completely different, I used the 15mm on a 1964 
>Valiant a friend of mine just bought with plans for restoring.  The 
>horizontal grille, IMO,  lends itself to the ultrawide treatment. 
><http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6640541>
>
>As before, cheap flatbed scanner, no enhancement, but I am learning some of 
>the "tricks of the trade."
>
>And as always, comments are welcome and encouraged.  Fire away!
>
>Best,
>
>Ira Silverman
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