Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But you're right, it was unfair to pick on the Exakta. Early SLR wides were for the most part poor lenses. Even a lowly kit lens, from a current camera line, set at its wide setting will outperform those early wides. The Leicaflex, and Contarex, offerings being exceptions. S.d. On Mar 25, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > I agree, it is apples to oranges, but the film plane remains the > same. Unfortunately, I don't have a WA to contribute to the process. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" > <s.dimitrov at charter.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 6:00 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Your thoughts on a Voigtl ? nder Lens > > >> Let's see something with an Isco Westron 35 f2.8, or a 20mm f4 >> Flektogon? >> Showing a telephoto sample against a wide angle sample is not a >> credible comparison. >> S.d. >> >> On Mar 25, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: >> >>> Hey S.D., >>> >>> Let's don't knock the old hardware that can no longer speak for >>> itself. I never used Soviet film, but I can speak for the Exacta/ >>> Exa family. My Exacta died, but its little brother, the Exa, >>> still marches on. The link below shows what the Exa can do, >>> even when equipped with another stepchild, the Steinheil >>> 2.8/85mm Culminar lens. I don't see an image problem. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Nose+Gear+Lights.jpg.html >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" >>> <s.dimitrov at charter.net> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:02 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Your thoughts on a Voigtl ? nder Lens >>> >>> >>>> I keep seeing these golf ball grain images taken with the 21mm. >>>> It is really a disservice to the optics not to use a slow, fine >>>> grain film. >>>> Most of the examples I've just seen might as well been taken >>>> with an Exakta using Soviet film. That's not Leica photography >>>> as passed down by our predecessors. >>>> S.d. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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