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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 16/3/2014: why I love my old Summilux
From: scottgregory at mac.com (Scott Gregory)
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:01:43 -0400
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Great shot Nathan,
Makes me feel good that a 40 year old lens can still take a great shot like 
that!

Scott

> On Mar 16, 2014, at 3:48 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> Nice image.  But, as a hearing-aid user, I immediately noticed his right 
> ear.  Did someone stick their chewing gum in his ear?
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
>> On 3/16/2014 2:38 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> This morning I had to take my wife to our office where she was meeting up 
>> with members of our ski club for a week of skiing in Andorra. After 
>> dropping her off, I went for an early Sunday walk in the centre of 
>> Alicante. Not many people out and about at 9:30 a.m. but I like a city in 
>> the morning, I took this picture of a statue of a mayor of Alicante in 
>> the 19th century, using my 40 year old 50mm Summilux at full aperture, 
>> i.e. 1.4. I know that there are modern lenses that are better, but look 
>> at this; the sharpness, the bokeh...no wonder it is my favourite lens:
>> 
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3125406433&k=Mv3Tnz7&lb=1&s=O
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> 
>> YNWA
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Replies: Reply from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard) ([Leica] Nathan's PAD 16/3/2014: why I love my old Summilux)
In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Nathan's PAD 16/3/2014: why I love my old Summilux)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Nathan's PAD 16/3/2014: why I love my old Summilux)