[Leica] dang! everyone looks like a star in the 85 1.8 (or the 75 1.4 if you can focus it)

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Its a brilliant lens for its price.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Nov 7, 2007 4:40 AM, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> 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
>
>
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