Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Feli, Good image and good reaction to see and shoot. I took a long look at the image and at first was bothered by the little bit of bare ground on the upper left. So thought that by removing that I would strengthen the image. No, now the stairs on the lower left side bothered me. Ok, so I essentially looked at the image as a square cropped to the right of the sign on the left stairs. Now I really liked the image. 0.02 YMMV. Thanks for posting. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 8/6/05, feli <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote: > One shot this week. > > http://tinyurl.com/atuzr > > Normally I live and breath Tri-X, but when I do stray from home, my > mistress is called Agfa APX100. I absolutely adore this emulsion and > develop it in Rodinal 1:25 or 1:50. Yes, there are finer grained > films, but I know of nothing else that 'glows' like APX100. The JPEG > compression has killed most of that look, but the hires scan is > beautiful and prints made on Agfa Classic Fiber VC are quite impressive. > > Here is another shot taken with this combo and a 1.4/50 Summilux-M > (pre-ASPH) > http://www.elanphotos.com/ElanFotos/current_img/nea.0004.jpg > > I've been shooting the 1.4/35 Lux ASPH now for a few months, and am > deeply impressed with it. It is extremely sharp at any stop, but > without being overly harsh. I grabbed this shot on the fly, so it was > scale focused (f16 and be there), but if I had focused properly you > would be able to read the text on the sign next to the staircase. In > some ways Leica performed a minor miracle with this lens, because > although it is a ASPH design, it actually has that 'Leica glow' (tm). > I easily rate this lens among the best Leica has ever made. > > Feli > > > > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > > NO ARCHIVE > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >