Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan -- I still love the 28 PC Nikkor. Robert On Jun 14, 2012, at 12:17 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com>wrote: > > >> The 50mm Summicron is an excellent lens, but in real-life use on 35mm >> film, it >> really doesn't give better photos than the 50mm f1.4 Olympus lens I also >> use. If you used Tech Pan, a tripod, etc. and made huge prints, the >> Summicron is a little sharper. I don't shoot like that, and neither does >> any other real-world 35mm camera user. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > ==================================================================================================== > I used to shoot like that, with my M3 and my Spotmatics. In the 1970's my > personal project was to document my favorite old buildings, in case they > were torn down during the urban renewal surge. I used the precursor to > Tech Pan, H&W Control Film, and a tripod, because I didn't have a view > camera or could have afforded to shoot as much as I did in 4x5. > > But you're right. I found satisfactory results from both Leitz lenses and > the Super-Takumars (I made quite a few 16x20's for various displays over > the years). In 1979 I also used H&W in one Nikon body and Kodachrome > Type A in another to record some movie palaces in Chicago's loop > (threatened with demolition) for our school of architecture. In one case, > we couldn't shoot the auditorium, only the lobby and side rooms, because > the movie was actually being shown while we were there with our Omni and > Tota Lights. I loved that 28mm PC Nikkor. > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Relations > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information