Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:41 PM 11/30/2005, B. D. Colen wrote: >I'm not Ted, and I don't play Ted on t.v. - But good God, is this really a >serious question..."assume that the flat contrast is from the lens >alone...do you think a lens like this is more detrimental than adding to" >the photos? No, of course not, not unless you actually like flat, washed >out, gray images. There's a reason that Leica no longer makes the same >lenses it made in the 1930s! :-) That is a serious question. I guess the question is "how many people like the 30s look?" :-) I mean not everything of course, but clearly photography isn't always about the most detailed, the highest contrast? I mean, there are people shooting with Holga, Lomo, Lensbaby etc.! (but I confess I have never tried any of those) // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)