Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree, it is apples to oranges, but the film plane remains the same. Unfortunately, I don't have a WA to contribute to the process. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov at charter.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Your thoughts on a Voigtl ? nder Lens > Let's see something with an Isco Westron 35 f2.8, or a 20mm f4 Flektogon? > Showing a telephoto sample against a wide angle sample is not a credible > comparison. > S.d. > > On Mar 25, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> Hey S.D., >> >> Let's don't knock the old hardware that can no longer speak for itself. >> I never used Soviet film, but I can speak for the Exacta/ Exa family. My >> Exacta died, but its little brother, the Exa, still marches on. The >> link below shows what the Exa can do, even when equipped with another >> stepchild, the Steinheil 2.8/85mm Culminar lens. I don't see an image >> problem. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Nose+Gear+Lights.jpg.html >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" >> <s.dimitrov at charter.net> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:02 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Your thoughts on a Voigtl ? nder Lens >> >> >>> I keep seeing these golf ball grain images taken with the 21mm. It is >>> really a disservice to the optics not to use a slow, fine grain film. >>> Most of the examples I've just seen might as well been taken with an >>> Exakta using Soviet film. That's not Leica photography as passed down >>> by our predecessors. >>> S.d. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >