Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/15

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Erwin's Latest
From: creativevisions at verizon.net (Michael J Herring)
Date: Wed Jun 15 17:37:21 2005
References: <e7d99ce7f657.e7f657e7d99c@shaw.ca> <567C6685-12BD-440F-8C7C-D61ED95D2D1B@mindspring.com>

Touche ! ! !
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Sumner" <jdos2@mindspring.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Erwin's Latest


> Zeiss, actually.
>
>
> On Jun 14, 2005, at 10:10 AM, GREG LORENZO wrote:
>
>> Arthur Peterson writes in part:
>>
>>>
>>> Three quarters of a century
>>> ago, Cartier-Bresson was taking better photographs with his
>>> technologically deprived (i.e., by today's standards) Leicas than
>>> I'm taking today with the latest electronic bodies and aspherical
>>> lenses.  And if using equipment as antiquated as his would enable
>>> me to take photographs as good as his, I'd trade my modern
>>> equipment for it in an instant.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Which company was making the best glass in the world at that time?
>>
>> It seems HCB was concerned that his images were being exposed on a
>> film plane with Leica glass in front of it.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] Re: Erwin's Latest)
Message from jdos2 at mindspring.com (Jeff Sumner) ([Leica] Re: Erwin's Latest)