[Leica] in search of a portrait f2 90

[s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)]

it was a straight question you thought it too sharp then?
Have you seen this:
http://www.cookeoptics.com/product/ps945.html
is it really that nice or a bit much?
simon jessurun
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 1:18 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] in search of a portrait f2 90


| Hey, to each his own - It is an excellent lens.
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
| [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf
Of
| Adam Bridge
| Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 6:10 PM
| To: Leica Users Group
| Subject: RE: [Leica] in search of a portrait f2 90
|
|
| On 4/16/04 <bdcolen@earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)> thoughtfully wrote:
|
| >Yup - If for some bizarre reason you really want to do your portrait
| >shooting with a rangefinder rather than a reflex, go with the 90
| >Summicron - It's plenty sharp and contrasty, but not overwhelmingly
| >either, which makes it an excellent portrait lens. I briefly owned
the
| >90 APO, and I sold it and went back to the old war horse - and
haven't
| >regreted it for a moment.
|
| Bizarre? Well for me it has become the ONLY camera I use for
| portraiture. It's small, doesn't intimidate either the subject or me,
| and since everything I shoot qualifies as "environmental" in that I
| don't use lights or a studio the excellent wide-open glass works well
| for me. And seeing beyond the frame lines helps me remember to change
my
| position.
|
| Sometimes I lose shoots because I move and forget to focus. I do that
| less and less.
|
| Thanks for the datapoint, however bizarre my choices.
|
| Adam
|
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