Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And the resulting garbage is printed HUGE and hung in art galleries. On 9 Dec 2014, at 04:09, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > A commentary on our obsession with FLE ASPH ED OIS lens? > > *********** > I certainly could go out and buy a good, tack-sharp lens that would take > the perfect picture, that's in focus from end to end. But instead, I spend > an awful lot of time at that antique mall, looking around for these lenses > with just the right amount of decrepitude. The glue has to be peeling off > of the lens elements; it's great if it's mildewed and out of whack. A lens > is made up of several different pieces of glass, which are supposed to stay > glued in the right relationship with each other. But my most prized lens > has one of the pieces of glass askew, so when the light comes in it, it's > refulgent. It just bounces all around and does this great sort of > luminescent thing on the glass. You can tell a good ruined lens, right from > the get-go: they are the ones you find in the trash cans of old photo > studios, in some ghost town in Iowa. I mean, that's the kind of lens I'm > looking for. > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu/