Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I'll bet he didn't shoot it wide open. To tell the truth, I've never used mine closed down AT ALL. Maybe I should give it a try. Jeffery At 05:18 PM 4/18/2002 -0700, you wrote: >--- Jeffery Smith <jsmith45@bellsouth.net> 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 >============================================================ > > Don't make such blanket conclusions about the Canon 50 >f/1.2. Many years ago one of the salemen at the old St. >Louis Photo made a 24x36 enlargement of a small portion of >a negative of a shot of a BMW motorcycle. The negative >showed the whole bike nicely framed. The print was just >one cylinder and part of the engine! There was nothing >soft about that picture. > I haven't seen Steve in many years. But I seem to >remember the print was made in a teaching session to show >film and developer combinations for fine grain. > Yes, I was amazed too. > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax >http://taxes.yahoo.com/ >-- >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