Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As a matter of fact, I am thinking about wet plate collodion, you know, for that decisive, um, seconds. On Dec 8, 2014 7:41 PM, "Montie" <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote: > You're not sniffin that Potassium Permanganate again are ya? > > ;-) > > Montie > > >>A commentary on our obsession with FLE ASPH ED OIS lens? > > *********** > I certainly could go out and buy a good, tack-sharp lens that would take > the perfect picture, that's in focus from end to end. But instead, I spend > an awful lot of time at that antique mall, looking around for these lenses > with just the right amount of decrepitude. The glue has to be peeling off > of the lens elements; it's great if it's mildewed and out of whack. A lens > is made up of several different pieces of glass, which are supposed to stay > glued in the right relationship with each other. But my most prized lens > has one of the pieces of glass askew, so when the light comes in it, it's > refulgent. It just bounces all around and does this great sort of > luminescent thing on the glass. You can tell a good ruined lens, right from > the get-go: they are the ones you find in the trash cans of old photo > studios, in some ghost town in Iowa. I mean, that's the kind of lens I'm > looking for. > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >