Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:21 AM 31-08-97 EDT, Ted wrote: [snip] > >Describe exactly what I mean? As I said above, it is the " recognition factor" >as they just look different in clarity, sharpness of light, contrast etc.These >are a few things and I can't give every single thing that factors into a "Leica >look recognition factor" if I tried. It just comes from experience of looking at >the work of many other photographers who are Leica users and those that are not. First off. I have nothing against the F5; heck, I'm using an F2 myself. And when it wears out, I will upgrade to an F3, and when that wears out, ....by the time I reach the F5, the current model will likely be the F34. ;-) I have been toying with the idea of preparing a set of photographs of a similar subject (a model I may be photographing in a week or two) taken with three different 50mm lenses, the 50mm DR Summicron, the Minolta AF 50/1.4, and the Nikon 50mm AI. Maybe I will bring along my Leitz Summilux 50 as well. I will try to make 3 (or 4) identical 8x10 prints from them. The lighting will likely be near sunset, so all of the pictures should have a nice "glow" about them. I would be willing to mail them to you, Ted, to give you the "Leica Challenge". Perhaps you could then forward them along to another interested LUGer, who could add his/her own guesses as to which lens took which picture. I guess all I ask is that eventually the pictures end up back with me, along with the accumulated guesses. I will enclose a chart of some kind where people could add their responses. When the final line is filled in, that would be the clue to return the pictures to me. I have absolutely no problem with being proven wrong in all this, so you should be able to trust me as to the final "truth". If you have any ideas how this might work better, feel free to speak up. Other lenses that I own which could be used instead of the 50s are the 85/1.4 Nikkor (a super lens, but too heavy for me), the 75/1.4 Summilux, the 90 tele-elmarit (also a nice lens), and the 100/2.8 Minolta AF macro (very, very sharp, I'd love to compare it with someone's 100 Apo Elmarit-R). Since these lenses are not all of exactly the same focal length, the test in this case may not be completely fair. Who knows, if this works out, maybe we could try a regular print exchange amongst ourselves? Dan C.