[Leica] CV 40 1.4

[masonster at gmail.com (David Mason)]

just pops and whistles


On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 13:42:02 -0800, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Jeffery Smith offered:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] CV 40 1.4
> 
> 
> > I've got the multicoated one but have not had much of an opportunity
> > to use it yet. Richard Sintchak bought the single-coated one in hopes
> > of using it for street photography in the 1950's tradition. Here is
> > one of his shots with the single-coated version.
> >
> > http://www.sintchak.com/document.php?id=1080<<<<<
> 
> Ladies & gentlemen not to be a "Grinch!" But equipment grouch here asks. 
> ;-)
> Let's all remember one very seriously important factor of photography and 
> in
> particular, lenses!
> 
> It's all well and good manufacturers keep coming out with new optics,
> however not one of them comes with a guarantee of better pictures! I'm sure
> Richard Sintchak likes the picture of this young boy, possibly his son. And
> rightly so it's nice family happy snap, but did the lens create a "world
> smashing moment of visual brilliance?"   Nope. Nice picture moment? yep!
> 
> So before lots of folks get hot about a new 40mm lens how about thinking 
> how
> good your photographs are first with a 35? 50?  Whatever model you may use,
> . Does this lens create images of such brilliant quality technically cut to
> film that it'll make every picture shot with it a winner?
> 
> Let's look at this. So you use a 35mm and figure a 40mm will get you a
> little closer, great. But one simple forward step and you are closer! Oh 
> and
> the 50mm you now own and has given you faithful service and cut beautiful
> film moments? Now you're thinking of getting this new 40 because it's
> slightly wider?
> 
> Well how about taking one step farther back........ "Hey that's just like
> the 40mm!" ;-)
> 
> Let's all be careful out there popping bucks for a new lens that's only a
> few mm's longer or shorter than we already use........ that is unless it's
> so phenomenal that without question it will give a major quality look  to
> our photographs.
> 
> Sorry not trying to put a damper on your new glass ...... but given I never
> thought like this when I was younger only to find the "supposed all new
> super whiz bang lens" didn't make me any better a photographer, nor my
> pictures look much different.
> 
> So it's a 1.4? Yeah but so is the 35 Summilux or Aspheric? ;-)
> 
> ted
> 
> 
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