Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Dante, but I have to agree with your Jupiter suggestion for portraits. The right characteristics at the right length. At 08:29 PM 4/17/2002 -0400, you wrote: >What a pretty picture! Having shot that lens in color just once, I really >like how it renders delicately. > >Cheers >------------ >Dante Stella > >On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Jeffery Smith wrote: > > > Consider a Canon LTM 50/1.2. It is fast enough to shoot under available > > light, and wide open, it is soft without being hazy. I have a shot on my > > web site from one at: > > http://www.jeffery-nola.com/Gallery3.html > > > > There's a mint Canon P with a 50/1.2 on ebay right now with a buy-it-now > > price of $680. You could probably sell the camera for $500 and have a $180 > > portrait lens (if the normal focal length is okay). > > > > Jeffery Smith > > > > > > > > At 07:20 PM 4/16/02, you wrote: > > >In a message dated 4/16/02 6:48:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > > >firkin@ncable.net.au writes: > > > > > > > If you pop over, you could borrow my Summirex f1.5 85mm. Just perfect > > > > for you job, but hard to find. > > > > > > > > > >..wide open, a great portrait lens, Alastair. Used a borrowed one only > once. > > >Hard to find and dear today; collectors and all, y'know. > > > > > >Seth LaK 9 > > >-- > > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html