Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Do you know of anyone who can set the rangefinder of a Canon 7s right? I put an LTM lens on mine long ago, and it had mechanically messed around with the rangefinder, making focusing difficult. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 8:37 AM Jeffery Smith via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Hi Jayanand, > > Actually it's the process. I put the LTM lenses on Canon 7s bodies, and I > do stand development with Rodinal for 120 minutes when other developers > would take only 10 minutes. I like B&W from the 1940s to 1970s, so I like > using the same equipment that was used then as well. I don't want anything > sharper than HCB or Winogrand had. And, when it was still available, I > liked 777 developer, as scummy as it could look in the bottle. > > It's not all that strange. Players in baroque orchestras play on valveless > horns, and there are CDs of piano music played on Clara Schumann's piano. > If I sold my work, I'd probably have a much different perspective, > especially if sharp was expected. With every man, woman, and child in > advanced countries carrying a smart phone around, anyone can take a pretty > good photo in color, in focus, and better looking than film. I want to do > it the old way, the way I learned it in the 60s. > > I *do* have my limits. I won't shoot animals for food. I'd rather have > beef than deer. And I won't develop any film in coffee. > > Jeffery (the Dinosaur) :-) > > > On Jul 22, 2021, at 7:30 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > > As long as you are scanning film to digital, and processing for > > display/printing from there, it would be better to have crisp images that > > can be softened any which way you want in PP, because the converse (i.e. > > soft to sharp) might not always be possible. IMHO, it is always better to > > have too much information than too little, the range of possibilities for > > the final output is far greater. > > > > Of course, I am assuming here that the only important aspect is not the > > process or methodology, but the final output. > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 3:23 AM Jeffery Smith via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > >> Thank you very much! If I was shooting just cityscapes, buildings, etc., > >> modern sharp lenses would be the way to go, but I'm increasingly trying > to > >> get human faces into everything and I don't want sharp details to > distract > >> from the overall impression of the face. As Capa said, if the pictures > >> aren't good enough, you aren't close enough (paraphrased). It will be > >> interesting trying some SP with 90mm as the lens. > >> > >> Back home in Louisiana, I have some Leica 50s that are vintage > (Summarit, > >> Summitar, collapsible Summicron) and I wish I had brought them to > >> California with me. For now, it is the 90/4 Elmar and two very clean > >> Jupiters. > >> > >>> On Jul 22, 2021, at 2:14 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at > >>> leica-users.org > > > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Yes! It?s a wonderful shot Jeffery, I?m also a lover of the old lenses, > >> as Frank said the modrrn ones are too sharp, too crisp, I love the > Mandler > >> lenses. > >>> > >>> Lluis > >>> > >>> > >>>> El 22 jul 2021, a les 18:04, Jeffery Smith via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > >> va escriure: > >>>> > >>>> Thanks Lluis. You might remember the chess matches from about 2 > decades > >> ago. > >>>> > >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jeffery+Smith/Chess-Match-4.jpg.html > < > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jeffery+Smith/Chess-Match-4.jpg.html> > >>>> > >>>> I just chose 6 of my favorites, based mostly on the children's > >> expressions. > >>>> > >>>> The only lens I had with me was a 50/2.8 Elmar, but the room was very > >> well lit up. > >>>> > >>>>> On Jul 22, 2021, at 8:28 AM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > >> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> +1 > >>>>> > >>>>> Great portraits, lovely work > >>>>> Lluis > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> El 21 jul 2021, a les 4:29, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > >> lug at leica-users.org> va escriure: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Alan, Jeffery > >>>>>> Both stunning portraits. Beautiful > >>>>>> Cheers > >>>>>> Jayanand > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 6:57 PM Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG < > >>>>>> lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Per the discussion on the Elmar 90mm f4 LTM, I think it might > almost > >> be too > >>>>>>> sharp for a portrait lens. I took this when my only lenses for my > >> M3 were > >>>>>>> the 50 Summicron > >>>>>>> collapsible and this 1946 Elmar 90 that I bought for $49.00 in > >> 1974. The > >>>>>>> stop was f/5.6. View large and notice the stray hair on the cheek. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> < > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/Charisse/19750712_MR_Charisse_2.jpg.html > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> Alan > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > >>>>>>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > >>>>>>> (Retired) > >>>>>>> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > >>>>>>> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > >>>>>>> amagayneroshak at gmail.com > >>>>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > >>>>>>> for an inability to notice. 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