Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bet the Sieff model looked nothing like that in real life... ----- Original Message ---- From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, 14 November, 2009 12:58:18 Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 test > I don't think many of these 210mm lenses got sold... OTOH I find long > lenses > great for landscapes. I have seen so many dull, dull, dull landscapes > using WA > lenses and massive foreground dullness. > WA lenses are still horrid for people, even if current fashion may be > different in some places. WA is OK for architecture when you can't get far > enough away. Or for special effects fun. > IMO > Frank > On 14 Nov, 2009, at 09:25, Mark Rabiner wrote: Well crossing over here from the west coast on the road I did get some use from a 300mm 4.5 with an effective focal length of 450 and I could not believe how effective the results were. Not that I'd take the thing hiking I used it after pulling over the side of the road. http://rabinergroup.com/EastWest/images/EW060616_173207.jpg Jean loup Sieff did glamour shots of gals with a 21mm 3.4 SA and won the Leica award every year for them. I could never get a nice fashion or glamour shot with a wide. http://www.thegalerii.com/Photographs/Sieff/Sieff02.jpg On my Facebook thing right now my shot of myself was done with it. The 300. Mark William Rabiner _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information