Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/23

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Subject: [Leica] Age of Leica glass
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:28:38 -0500
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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
>
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