Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Looking for a lens(scratched and soft)
From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:42:59 -0500
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020417133311.009f76a0@mail.msy.bellsouth.net>

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.
>
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