Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Ok gentlemen (and ladies) light your flame-throwers. > > > The point is that you do not need a $2,500 lens if you > are shooting prints and having them processed at the > supermarket or drug store. Your money would be much > better spent by purchasing a second body and a second > cheap lens and you would still have enough left over > to take the wife out to dinner. (At which time you > can explain to her about all the money you saved by > purchasing the second body and lens). > No flame, Bill...Only the comment that you didn't say whether these photos were being taken with strong backlighting, or other flare, coma, etc. producing conditions, that will show up with both "pro" and "drug store" processing. If they were - or are - to be taken under trying conditions, you certainly will see the difference. Which, by the way, is not to suggest that one couldn't take some damn fine photos with the less expensive lenses... B. D.