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Subject: [Leica] The Handmaid's Tale -- More 50mm musings
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 12:09:05 -0500
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Kyle,
Very nice rendering, and it holds up fine when examined large.  I 
wouldn't worry unless an attractive alternative comes your way at your 
price point. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/3/2015 12:01 PM, kyle cassidy on the lug wrote:
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2015/kyle-cassidy-handmaids-tale.jpg 
> <http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2015/kyle-cassidy-handmaids-tale.jpg>
>
> Leica M9, Canon Serenar 50mm f 5.6
>
> Every once in a while I take a photo that I think is substandard and I 
> wonder if it?s the 50mm I?m using and other times it seems to be just 
> fine. The Handmaid?s Tale takes place in the future where most people are 
> sterile. It?s a classic work of feminism and science fiction and a source, 
> I?m told, of great Canadian Pride.
>
> I used the 50 both at it?s ordinary close focus and again with the closeup 
> adapter both of which seemed to work pretty well.
>
> This doesn?t mean that you shouldn?t try and sell me your Voigtlander 50mm 
> 1.5 m-mount.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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