Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Len, Thank you for your comments, as you know I share your opinions. I'm not really interested on how are made the lenses, but yes on the history, the Marc James Small book is a good example. Saludos cordiales Lluis El 23/11/2008, a las 17:39, Leonard Taupier escribi?: > Hi Lluis, > > You have a wonderful outlook on the creative aspect of photography. > I certainly approve of it and of your photos you share with us. > > I have also changed my philosophy on my own photography. I now give > myself a photographic challenge to create a certain look that is in > my mind. My challenge is to create that look inside the camera using > whatever tools I have at hand. (not photoshop) In some cases it > might be with the uncoated Xenon and Summar of 1937. It might be > with the wonderful Summarex or the very wonderful Noctilux. It might > even be with my tilt and shift Nikkor that I can stop down to f45. > Or it might be with the 560mm Telyt. Or it might be taken with a > film camera and different types of film if that's what I want the > photo to look like. It only matters to me and how I want the photo > to look. > > However there is also another part of me, a curious part that wants > to know how things are made and why things work in a special way. > And that is the question of this thread. > > Best Regards, > Len > > > On Nov 23, 2008, at 10:11 AM, Lluis Ripoll wrote: > >> I would like to introduce, what is for me a different concept, >> >> Coating or Multi-Coating? >> >> Multi coating is of course technologically improved, IMHO I'm very >> happy with a coated lens, just to improve a certain flare without >> eliminating the parasite light. It seems that today nobody else >> talk about "The Glamour", nobody else talk as Ivor Matanle says on >> page 156 pn a portarit of his wife with the 150 mm Triotar "... The >> softness of the image in the out-of-focus areas is quite different >> in character from that achieved by modern japanese lenses". >> >> Everyone one of us has his own preferences and targets, for me >> perfection is not directly implied with beauty. For me the >> photography is still an art of the imaginary world, where sometimes >> we are finishing the edition work in our mind. For me perfection by >> himself is nathing more than perfection, for me the value of an >> image is much more important. >> >> Can every one imagine the Edward Weston, Man Ray, HCB... and many >> others improved pictures?, IMHO what we should work to improve is >> our creatitivty, with all the respect for all, we are only >> following and technically improving the great creative work of the >> Masters of the past. >> >> Saludos cordiales >> Lluis >> >> >> >> >> El 23/11/2008, a las 15:14, Ric Carter escribi?: >> >>> curious-- >>> >>> how much does it cost and who did it? >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> ric >>> >>> >>> On Nov 23, 2008, at 6:46 AM, Marty Deveney wrote: >>> >>>> 've seen a 50/2 rigid Summicron that was multicoated recently and >>>> it is amazing to see the difference it made when compared to its >>>> previous scratched state. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information