Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I also am not needing to send the M6TTL back to Leica, as the vertical > alignment of the rangefinder is just fine, it appears the vertical > alignment problem is my in own eyes... this age thing sure is a bitch! I'll bet a bottle of Geritol that if you looked through an M3, M2, or M4 (with the original rangefinder constructions), your age wouldn't matter. The newer ones are very sensitive about where you place your eye. I usually have trouble horizontally though, not vertically. Daniel > > Gene > > > > > Johnny Deadman > <lists@johnbrownlow.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent by: cc: > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: Re: [Leica] The Leica Glow > -alto.ca.us > > > 03/04/2003 10:30 AM > Please respond to > leica-users > > > > > > > The leica glow is really just a combination of flare, uncorrected > chromatic aberration rendered in BW, and a slight amount of coma > associated (mainly) with a particular design of wide-aperture > non-retrofocus wide-angle lenses. It's the 'leica' glow rather than > just a regular glow because it is combined with the usual Leica > rendering of fine detail (only partially obscured by the defects I > mention). It's easy enough to get it: shoot any of the pre-aspheric 35 > or 50 Summiluxes or Summicrons wide open, particularly contre-jour or > with high lighting contrasts, and you will have it in spades. The > 35/1.4 pre-asph is probably the most spectacular source of it. > > The thing is, it's an effect. A very very very nice effect to be sure, > but an effect nevertheless. I got pretty tired of it, because in many > contexts it surrounds whatever you are shooting with a sort of romantic > fog, which can be very effective especially when it is completely > against the grain of whatever you are shooting, but eventually I just > wanted to scrub the damn fog off. It's like playing a guitar through > the same amp the whole time. Some people can do that and make a career > out of it. I couldn't. > > > On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 10:58 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > > > It's hard for me to say ... I really have never seen the Leica glow. > > But > > if "glow" means the nice optical quality that shines through when you > > use > > Leica glass ... I suspect any of the Summicrons will do. I have the > > second > > generation (I think) and it does just fine. I did have a better > > Summicron > > once (also second generation I think) but it got stolen. I've never > > felt > > that the replacement lives up to the first one. > -- > John Brownlow > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html