Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/14

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Subject: [Leica] R 90mm Elmarit's.. Now: upgrade
From: leica_korenman at hotmail.com (eric korenman)
Date: Wed Apr 14 13:01:55 2004

Made me laugh - my wife rarely likes my portraits of her.
Typically, the shots I love she detests.

Eric


>From: Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com>
>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] R 90mm Elmarit's.. Now: upgrade
>Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:47:08 -0400
>
>Hi Eric:
>
>This is true... and I hope that my messages didn't read too strongly.
>
>I looked at the results from both 90mm lenses and picked a used non-APO 
>because my intent was to use it for portraits.  As Doug writes, if you want 
>sharp, sharp, sharp then the APO is probably for you.  I also have the APO 
>100 Macro and will probably never use it for portraits again, as I think 
>that it's much too sharp for that use... well, maybe not too sharp for a 
>face like Bob Dylan's.
>
>Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>
>
>
>eric korenman wrote:
>
>>There is always the Gaussian Blur filter..
>>
>>Eric
>>
>>
>>>From: Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com>
>>>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>Subject: Re: [Leica] R 90mm Elmarit's.. Now: upgrade
>>>Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:25:56 -0400
>>>
>>>His wife and other women might not like the results. :-)
>>>
>>>Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Douglas Herr wrote:
>>>
>>>>Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>In that case may I suggest the 90mm Summicron-R.  I don't see how a 
>>>>>90mm APO-Summicron-R ASPH can be much sharper.
>>>>>
>>>>>Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>>>>>
>>>>>eric korenman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>NAW- gimme sharp sharp sharp!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Eric
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>As much as I like the 90mm Summicron-R - and I think it's a superb 
>>>>portrait lens - if Eric wants sharp sharp sharp the non-APO 90 doesn't 
>>>>have the same mind-boggling detail-recording ability of the APO lenses, 
>>>>based on my experience with the 100 APO.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Doug Herr
>>>>Birdman of Sacramento
>>>>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
>
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