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Subject: [Leica] CV 40 1.4
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Fri Dec 24 14:10:39 2004
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David Mason said:
Subject: Re: [Leica] CV 40 1.4

>>> just pops and whistles<<<,

Sorry David?

What 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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