Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]AMEN !!! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> To: "Leica LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 8:17 AM Subject: [Leica] Age of Leica glass > Have you guys lost sight of the forest for the trees? Don't forget that > the > purpose of a camera lens is to make a pleasing picture, not look good on > an > MTF diagram or produce the last micron of resolution on a film or sensor. > I > find Lluis's pictures made with the nickel plated Elmar perfectly > satisfactory. Even on a 20" Apple monitor. Who cares if they were made > with > an 80 year old lens or the bottom of a broken Coke bottle. Photographers > who > make mural sized photos from 35mm negatives or those who do aerial > reconnaissance might disagree but for those of us in the real world the > age > of Leica glass is almost irrelevant. > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >