[Leica] 50AA: What does it mean for film users?

[billcpearce at cox.net (Bill Pearce)]

Tina,

You are a breath of fresh air.

Bill

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tina Manley
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 3:59 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] 50AA: What does it mean for film users?

Quoting Tina Manley:   I will not put the camera on a
tripod, use slow film, and stop the lens down to maximize the quality of
the lens if I lose the photograph in the process.

Of course, I'm photographing moving people and changing situations.

Tina

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> I'd love to have an S2 on a good tripod. Or hand held.
> That would be my first choice in medium format digital dreams.
> Though a used Hasselblad digital back would make the transition from dream
> to reality much quicker.
>
> Using the finest glass and in the old days slowest film on a 35mm film
> camera an almost viable option. It would look great; providing the print
> isn't hung right next to one taken with medium or large format camera.
>
> Its the same now except that in the old days it was no big deal to get a
> used Rolleiflex or Rolleicord or Yashica and be in the medium format ball
> game. Now with digital one needs tens of thousands of dollars. Not
> everyone's got that level of money.
>
> - - from my iRabs.
> Mark Rabiner
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/
>
>
> > From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 20:18:29 +0200
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] 50AA: What does it mean for film users?
> >
> > Yeah, but if I have to use a heavy tripod, then I might as well put a
> medium
> > or large format camera on it, it will blow any 35mm out of the water.
> >
> > I think the excellence of Leica lenses lies less in absolute resolution
> (how
> > many of you walk around with tripods) and more in the high degree of
> > corrections of optical faults, flare resistance, absence of colour
> fringing
> > etc.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nathan
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> > Alicante, Spain
> > http://www.frozenlight.eu
> > http://www.greatpix.eu
> > http://www.nathanfoto.com
> > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
> >
> >
> > YNWA
> >
> >
> >
> > On May 25, 2012, at 7:34 PM, Chris Williams wrote:
> >
> >> Ha, here's where Tech Pan prices rise to $100 a roll. If you can afford
> a $7K
> >> 50/f2, you can afford a few rolls.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Chris Williams
> >> www.zoeicaimages.net
> >> www.rebirthworkshops.com
> >> 504-231-6261
> >> New Orleans, LA
> >> zoeica at mac.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On May 25, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> >>
> >>> ISO 5 film on a heavy duty tripod?!
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Frank Filippone
> >>> <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> There are some reports that the lens has more resolution than an M9
> or M9m.
> >>>> While this may indicate a future higher resolution digi-M, it also
> means
> >>>> that the lens is overkill on an M9/M9m.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Leica is not stupid...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there some "advantage" for film users to have this lens in their
> >>>> arsenal?
> >>>> Is this the Holy Grail of film lenses?
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there a film in production that can support the 50AA resolution?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Frank Filippone
> >>>>
> >>>> Red735i at earthlink.net
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> Leica Users Group.
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> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
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Tina Manley, ASMP
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