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Subject: [Leica] IMG:Tripping the Light Fantastic, 21'lux at F1.4
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:50:51 -0700
References: <i2xeb6799211004161323g3714ecb0j9cd514e95478d48d@mail.gmail.com> <20100416205949.GH26418@jbm.org> <k2iee8fa51c1004161828v86aa9e44u4caf1f3efe6159c9@mail.gmail.com> <h2keb6799211004161839o776ef1e5k25654af0a160c410@mail.gmail.com> <v2oee8fa51c1004161843xfb91f118i43fd41926c0c38a4@mail.gmail.com>

I should have a lot more in 3 weeks. I am doing another masquerade
convention where I expect to use this lens extensively.

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Very interested to see some shots from the 85/2 Richard - the one I
> tried was from the first run, before the redesign.
>
> Marty
>
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>
> wrote:
> > Thanks all for the compliments. I just printed this out on 11x17 paper
> and
> > it's quite nice. The colors are a bit unreal but it is what it is. They
> were
> > doing a performance art piece (more pics later).
> >
> > While I am a lens pragmatist (i.e. I opted for the Ziess 85/2 instead of
> the
> > 90/2AA because I care about close distance shooting), it's pretty darn
> cool
> > to have two lens and I can just about anything anywhere (50 and a 21
> lux).
> > Add the 85/2 (or 75 or 90/2) and you have a complete kit to cover
> anything
> > that is suitable for a rangefinder.
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> That's a great use of this lens.  And the lens itself is really a
> >> stunning piece of design and engineering.
> >>
> >> Marty
> >>
> >> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> wrote:
> >> > 2010-04-16-16:23:07 Richard Man:
> >> >> This lens has more distortion than the Super Angulon and about 4
> times
> >> the
> >> >> size, but if you want to shoot at 1.4, what choice is there?
> >> >> http://www.5pmlight.com/PICS/L9995407.jpg
> >> >
> >> > That is just totally cool.
> >> >
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> >
> > --
> > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com>
> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com>
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// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
// icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com>
// photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com>
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