Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Quoting Tina Manley: I will not put the camera on a tripod, use slow film, and stop the lens down to maximize the quality of the lens if I lose the photograph in the process. Of course, I'm photographing moving people and changing situations. Tina On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I'd love to have an S2 on a good tripod. Or hand held. > That would be my first choice in medium format digital dreams. > Though a used Hasselblad digital back would make the transition from dream > to reality much quicker. > > Using the finest glass and in the old days slowest film on a 35mm film > camera an almost viable option. It would look great; providing the print > isn't hung right next to one taken with medium or large format camera. > > Its the same now except that in the old days it was no big deal to get a > used Rolleiflex or Rolleicord or Yashica and be in the medium format ball > game. Now with digital one needs tens of thousands of dollars. Not > everyone's got that level of money. > > - - from my iRabs. > Mark Rabiner > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > > > > From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 20:18:29 +0200 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] 50AA: What does it mean for film users? > > > > Yeah, but if I have to use a heavy tripod, then I might as well put a > medium > > or large format camera on it, it will blow any 35mm out of the water. > > > > I think the excellence of Leica lenses lies less in absolute resolution > (how > > many of you walk around with tripods) and more in the high degree of > > corrections of optical faults, flare resistance, absence of colour > fringing > > etc. > > > > Cheers, > > Nathan > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > http://www.greatpix.eu > > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > > > > YNWA > > > > > > > > On May 25, 2012, at 7:34 PM, Chris Williams wrote: > > > >> Ha, here's where Tech Pan prices rise to $100 a roll. If you can afford > a $7K > >> 50/f2, you can afford a few rolls. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Chris Williams > >> www.zoeicaimages.net > >> www.rebirthworkshops.com > >> 504-231-6261 > >> New Orleans, LA > >> zoeica at mac.com > >> > >> > >> > >> On May 25, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Richard Man wrote: > >> > >>> ISO 5 film on a heavy duty tripod?! > >>> > >>> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Frank Filippone > >>> <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote: > >>> > >>>> There are some reports that the lens has more resolution than an M9 > or M9m. > >>>> While this may indicate a future higher resolution digi-M, it also > means > >>>> that the lens is overkill on an M9/M9m. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Leica is not stupid... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Is there some "advantage" for film users to have this lens in their > >>>> arsenal? > >>>> Is this the Holy Grail of film lenses? > >>>> > >>>> Is there a film in production that can support the 50AA resolution? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Frank Filippone > >>>> > >>>> Red735i at earthlink.net > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com