Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R portraits
From: "Richard W. Hemingway" <rheming@attglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 20:51:47 -0600

Gib,

At 02:30 PM 2/4/00 -0800, you wrote:
>been leaning toward the 80mm 1.4 because it seems like a very workable focal
>length with ideal speed. The APO macro seems a tad long and a tweak slow in
>spite of it's legendary qualities as a macro lens. What's been the
>experience of this group?
 
I had the 80/1.4 and absolutely loved it.  I shot a lot in low light wide
open.  It was easier to focus and the images just popped out from the
background.  With the groundglass screen focusing was pretty easy with the
R8.  I shot mostly Kodachrome 200 with it.

Dick Hemingway
Plano, TX