Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LoL Are you suggesting that M users are frustrated R users? If so, Geoff is right , I must need an M8, and get double frustration ;-) Does anyone on the list, apart from Marc, know of a good psycho-analyst? Bien amicalement Phx - Macro-Elmarit user on a rebadged Digilux 3 http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/88906-3/wing-technology.jpg Seth Rosner wrote: > Eh bien, mon cher ami Philippe, many quite incredible 'buys' today > with the shift from film. One might have thought that for reflex > photography which, other than wildlife and sports, is almost by > definition a more contemplative manner of image-making, people might > have stayed longer with film. Apparently not. Actually, I like what > Erwin calls the 'fingerprint' of this lens so much that I had a > fantasy dream that Leica took its optics and put them in an M8.2 mount! > > Seth > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe AMARD" > <philippe.amard@tele2.fr> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 10:46 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: 60 Macro-Elmarit > > >> >> >> Seth Rosner wrote: >> >>> Doug wrote: >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> >>> To: <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 8:46 PM >>> Subject: Re: 60 Macro >>> >>> >>>>> An amazing lens that remained in the Leitz/Leica catalog from >>>>> 1972 until a year ago. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It's no longer in the catalog ?!?? It's time to either fly the flag >>>> at half-mast or watch for a new 50mm APO-Macro-Summicron-R. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Doug >>> >>> >>> >>> I think I'm right about the 60 Macro-Elmarit being gone, Doug. OTOH, >>> there are a ton of these lenses appearing on eB** at very reasonable >>> prices; can't quite figure out why. >> >> >> What if it was for the lack of an R9.2 Diesel to go with it? >> >>> >>> Of course I could be wrong, but if Leica brings out another 'normal' >>> focal-length macro-lens, I'd be a bit surprised if it were designated >>> APO. 30 years ago I was in correspondence with Geoffrey Crawley, then >>> Editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Photography, about lens >>> design and performance. A propos the 50 Summicrons and Switars, he >>> wrote me that while Kern (Alpa) "have always made a bit of a fuss >>> about being Apo's" in his opinion, all modern normal focal-length >>> lenses from the top manufacturers were of apochromatic design. OTOH, I >>> would be quite surprised if such a new Leica Macro-R lens were not >>> aspheric. My issue with some current ASPH lenses - and please don't >>> jump on me, gals and guys, it's an impression - is that they are of >>> such high contrast that they not only sacrifice resolution to some >>> extent, they provide a somewhat hard, edgy image, some would say >>> harsh, that departs from the plasticity of the images made by Leitz >>> lenses from the mid-1950s to 1970s. That may be very desirable for >>> reportage photography but for other photographic purposes it departs >>> from the imagery I prefer. I ought to add that the reputation of those >>> earlier Leitz lenses for flare and only medium contrast is seriously >>> overdone. Stop them down two stops and their contrast is excellent >>> across the frame, comparing very favorably with all of the later >>> 'high-contrast' Leica lenses, though not the latest ASPH renditions. >>> >>> Seth >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.2/1873 - Release Date: > 1/3/2009 2:14 PM > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >