Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/11

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Subject: [Leica] These here 50's...
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Thu May 11 14:11:03 2006
References: <da946bb51511dc5a06273293fc0becc5@depaul.edu>

Bob:

Lets send B.D. the honorarium and let him do the tests. Although he may 
deny it, I know he keeps a desk full of lens charts for those quiet 
moments.

Walt

bob palmieri wrote:

> Folks -
>
> Y'know... I wonder if we might be able to agree (yeah, I know, I know) 
> on some methodology for educating the group about all-'o-these-here 
> 50's...
>
> At first blush one might think that we could take up a collection to 
> send a small honorarium to one of the members who actually owns a 
> whole slew of these things (you know who you are) and have them shoot 
> the same subject with different lenses... 'pod... blah blah blah... 
> but perhaps that's not really the thing that would get the differences 
> across in the most graphic way.
>
> Maybe those with strong opinions about these things could post a few 
> shots (in which they feel that a particular lens really shows its 
> character) to a dedicated "50MM Roundup" gallery (along with 
> film/developer info).
>
> 'Cause I know that I, for one, would really like to be able to see 
> some of these "character issues" for my ownself...
>
> Bob Palmieri (who shoots very happily with a tweaked-out collapsible 
> 'Cron and late spherical 'lux on the M side and an early 'Cron/60 
> Macro on the reflex side.)
>
>
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