Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/07

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Subject: [Leica] dang! everyone looks like a star in the 85 1.8 (orthe 75 1.4 if you can focus it)
From: gpinkcp at msn.com (Gary Pinkerton)
Date: Wed Nov 7 05:21:26 2007

Tina had a large print of Sophie at the club meeting last night and boy, it 
was beautiful !


>From: Tina Manley <images@comporium.net>
>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] dang! everyone looks like a star in the 85 1.8 (orthe 
>75 1.4 if you can focus it)
>Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:12:16 -0500
>
>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
>
>
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