Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/06

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Subject: [Leica] dang! everyone looks like a star in the 85 1.8 (or the 75 1.4 if you can focus it)
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Tue Nov 6 16:53:55 2007
References: <4268A9826B9DBE4D938B902A6BC8030826584D@exchange8.asc.local>

At 6:10 PM -0500 11/6/07, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>i just got a new 85 1.8 for the leica d200 -- this replaces a long line
>of similar lenses -- i had the 75 1.4 for the leica but i couldn't focus
>it to save my life -- they could have taken one of the elements out and
>i'd never have known because all i ever got out of it was blobs of tri-x
>grain. (i sold it after a week.)
>
>anyhoo -- open up that 85, point it at an innoccuous person waiting for
>a bus and kazam, they're a model
>
>http://www.kylecassidy.com/trillianstars/model/lewinsky.jpg
>
>this is my new favorite lens.
>
>kc


The lens (and the shot) are great.

But what's with the $13,000 cat fur jacket? They might have found 
enough cat hair on the sofas for one jacket, but I don't think I'd 
want to leave my cat around there if the first jacket sold quickly. 
They might try to satisfy demand at a higher rate than one per year.

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Replies: Reply from nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] dang! everyone looks like a star in the 85 1.8 (or the 75 1.4 if you can focus it))
In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] dang! everyone looks like a star in the 85 1.8 (or the 75 1.4 if you can focus it))