Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I never had much luck with them. My best performance out of mine was between F6.3 and f11. Not much wiggle room. Though an acquaintance of mine, Anthony Friedkin, did an essay on New York brothels using the 21 S/K SA almost exclusively. The images are stunning, printed on silver-gelatin fiber. S.d. On May 10, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > I'd trade my first born puppy for a 21 JSK SA true symmetric wide- > angle > gorgeous compact chunk of glass. A reason to own a Leica M body if > ever > there was one. > The 3.4 of course not that first out f4 which his nothing to write > home to > MOM about. > > A signature lens for many a photog. > > That one guy who shot all the nudes of the gals in black and white > Jean-Loupe Sieff! > > > And works great on an m8 despite early warnings. > I've seen the projected slides. > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at charter.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 09:12:25 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] 4 best and worst M lenses >> >> The worst are the 21mm S/A, the Tele-Elmarit 90mm, the 50mm Summarit, >> and the last lens you spent too much money for just to shoot flowers. >> S.d. >> >> >> On May 10, 2009, at 9:03 AM, Douglas Nygren wrote: >> >>> What in your opinion are the best four M lenses and why? What are >>> the four worst? >>> >>> I thought it would be interesting to read how the luggers would >>> answer these questions. >>> >>> I realize that best and worst are subjective. Subjective answers >>> are welcome as are so-called objective replies. Un-welcome is the >>> rhetoric that all the M book writers employ. >>> >>> Which are the lenses to die for, which should check into the dog >>> pound, and why, of course? >>> >>> Have fun--Doug >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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