[Leica] Retro Blast... IIIA and a Summar

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

Richard wrote:

> 
> OK, let me see if I can explain: first and foremost, I suppose I am 
> really weird, but I sort of like the slight hazy look. I don't mean I 
> would want them in all my pictures, but I honestly am not pulling 
> anyone's legs that to me they have certain charms. Obviously it looks 
> like we have something like 100 vs. 1 with me being that lone opinion 
> there, but I can accept that. I like GeeBee's mods too but I personally 
> *may* still not do it that way.
> 

Richard,

I don't think you are on your own at all; and I think that "even" BD would 
concur that there are merits to the old lenses. There is a certain feel to 
the 
images produced by them that you don't get with more modern - even 50s - 
glass. 
That arises because of the advances in technology since.

It might appear that the taste of most people on the LUG is for higher 
contrast 
photographs with far greater degrees of detail. It certainly isn't that of 
all, 
go check out some of the stuff on the FOM2 pages as well as what is in our 
own 
galleries. If you like shooting with older lenses do that, the photograph is 
more than just a clinical image, your taste comes into it too. If you like 
shooting with older lenses to produce images that you like, do it.

Peter Dzwig