Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>From 1953 on he used primarily a collapsible 50mm Summicron lens. Regards, Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Sumner <jdos2@mindspring.com> Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 8:18 am Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Erwin's Latest > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >