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Subject: [Leica] PAW 26 dlridings
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Mon Jul 2 14:55:13 2007
References: <4688E1D8.3070204@dlridings.se> <46896B2A.8020101@wanadoo.nl>

Hi Daniel. I just got to these.
The Rollei images have their normal impeccable quality. The fence post shot 
is a classic Rollei image, I think. Rebecca looks
positively ethereal. I prefer the first though, as a picture, rather than 
test shot showing the lens characteristics. You need to
excise that blob visible on her left hand. Almost a crime to spend that 
photo session with her as a test of the uncoated glass
though.

Since you are partly lens testing, my 2 cents is that I'm not a big fan of 
what the Sonnar has done tonally. I mean the reproduction
of the highlight and darkest areas. Probably just my personal prejudice 
showing. I know lots of people prefer the "old glass" look.
The bo-ke in the second of Rebecca distracts for me.
What is the silk cord problem that you referred to with the Kiev body?

Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----


Daniel Ridings wrote:
> The whole week was spent on the road and working fairly intensely. The 
> moments to myself were walking to and from here and there (room and 
> office).
> 
> http://www.dlridings.se/paw/2007/26.html
> 
> Rolleicord V, Fomapan 400.
> 
> The walk started at that shot and ended (it was a long walk) with Track 
> 6 at Copenhagen Central Station:
> 
> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v26/07v26-0018.jpg.html
> 
> The steps inbetween can be seen in the shoebox:
> 
> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v26/?g2_page=2
> 
> or, with some sparse notes, in a blog:
> 
> http://dlridings.net/blog/?p=16
> 
> I spent some time trying to remember which Kiev bodies acted up in which 
> ways by testing them with various lenses (35/50/90). My favorite body, 
> known to be well-matched to the lenses, broke a silk-cord on midsummer.
> 
> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v26/
> 
> Most of them were shot pretty close to wide-open in order to force out 
> any focusing issues.
> 
> Daniel
> 
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