Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/14

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Erwin's Latest
From: jdos2 at mindspring.com (Jeff Sumner)
Date: Tue Jun 14 07:18:52 2005
References: <e7d99ce7f657.e7f657e7d99c@shaw.ca>

Zeiss, actually.


On Jun 14, 2005, at 10:10 AM, GREG LORENZO wrote:

> Arthur Peterson writes in part:
>
>>
>> Three quarters of a century
>> ago, Cartier-Bresson was taking better photographs with his
>> technologically deprived (i.e., by today's standards) Leicas than
>> I'm taking today with the latest electronic bodies and aspherical
>> lenses.  And if using equipment as antiquated as his would enable
>> me to take photographs as good as his, I'd trade my modern
>> equipment for it in an instant.
>>
>>
>
> Which company was making the best glass in the world at that time?
>
> It seems HCB was concerned that his images were being exposed on a
> film plane with Leica glass in front of it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from creativevisions at verizon.net (Michael J Herring) ([Leica] Re: Erwin's Latest)
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