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

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

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)


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