[Leica] Portrait Lens

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

DAMN, Hoppy!

She sure looks a hell of a lot better in the Photoshopped (second)  
version;^)

Ric


On Jan 31, 2007, at 6:05 PM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Wade, I have the Elmarit M 90 (the current one). I am extremely  
> happy with its performance.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/F2/Dad_portrait.jpg.html>
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/2vevq8>
>
> You can de-fang it for a more romantic style portrait with our  
> friend, Photoshop.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/F2/Casual+_portrait_+ver 
> +2.jpg.html>
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/2vm8hx>
>
>
> Handling wise, it's a compact package on the camera, partly of  
> course because it's a 2.8. I think that the 90AA is acknowledged as
> technically the very best. It is considerably larger (a stop faster  
> of course) on your camera, which may or may not be significant
> for you.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org  
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Wade Heninger
> Sent: Thursday, 1 February 2007 07:51
> To: LUG Leica
> Subject: [Leica] Portrait Lens
>
> Folks,
>
> So I'm thinking of adding a 75 or 90mm lens to my M8 kit for periodic
> portraits and work when I need the reach (soccer games, ballet from  
> the
> audience).
>
> I've looked at the summicron 90, the VC Lanthar 90, the Elmarit 90   
> and the
> VC 75.
>
> Any comments on which to consider?
>
> TIA...
>
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> a d o b e  s y s t e m s ,  i n c
>
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