Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/06

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Subject: [Leica] dang! everyone looks like a star in the 85 1.8 (or the 75 1.4 if you can focus it)
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue Nov 6 21:12:21 2007
References: <4268A9826B9DBE4D938B902A6BC8030826584D@exchange8.asc.local>
 
At 06:10 PM 11/6/2007, you wrote:
>i just got a new 85 1.8 for the leica d200 -- this replaces a long line
>of similar lenses -- i had the 75 1.4 for the leica but i couldn't focus
>it to save my life -- they could have taken one of the elements out and
>i'd never have known because all i ever got out of it was blobs of tri-x
>grain. (i sold it after a week.)

Yeah, that 75/1.4 is a real slacker when it comes to focus:

http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/85542848

;-)



>http://www.kylecassidy.com/trillianstars/model/lewinsky.jpg

I do like the shallow depth of field in this one - like the Canon 
85/1.2- my favorite Canon lens, but the Leica 75/1.4 is one of my 
favorite Leica lenses, too, and even better than the Canon.  Try it 
again.  You'll like it!

Tina

Tina Manley
ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI
http://www.tinamanley.com
Replies: Reply from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] dang! everyone looks like a star in the 85 1.8 (orthe 75 1.4 if you can focus it))
Reply from gpinkcp at msn.com (Gary Pinkerton) ([Leica] dang! everyone looks like a star in the 85 1.8 (orthe 75 1.4 if you can focus it))
 In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] dang! everyone looks like a star in the 85 1.8 (or the 75 1.4 if you can focus it))