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BrianT
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Re: M- Lens Classifications

03/10/2007 09:36

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but the zenith of Leica/Leitz's lens design skills it is not.

Mark I never said it was, indeed as far as I am concerned "zenith of anything" can rarely be equated with desirability.

Rubber grips Mark? How dreadful. But what more can you expect, these lenses are made for the working classes.

Re 'Plasticity'. I have a friend who uses the term 'painterly'. Well he is a 'Fine Arts' graduate. I know what he means though. It's almost a tangible roundness, indeed softness to an image, a flowing smoothness of sharpness to softness. A more tangible explanation. I am fortunate in owning a complete run of Leica Fotografia from 1956- 1980. looking through these magazines one can see a technical progression and indeed make side by side comparisons. Whilst the illustrations get sharper and more grain free they loose a certain, one could almost say a naievity that for many of us is an attraction.

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Brian BSRIPN

Oh for the days when Elvis was king and everything else was a 50th @ F11.

Edited by BrianT (03/10/2007 10:03)

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
M- Lens Classifications	photogeek	02/10/2007 17:12
Re: M- Lens Classifications	bagpuss	30/11/2007 07:07
Re: M- Lens Classifications	Ploy	30/11/2007 11:03
Re: M- Lens Classifications	hhmr	01/12/2007 12:50
Re: M- Lens Classifications	mike_j	01/12/2007 21:28
Re: M- Lens Classifications	hhmr	02/12/2007 17:35
Re: M- Lens Classifications	mike_j	02/12/2007 19:19
Re: M- Lens Classifications	hhmr	02/12/2007 20:13
Re: M- Lens Classifications	mike_j	02/12/2007 21:25
Re: M- Lens Classifications	bagpuss	04/12/2007 09:49
Re: M- Lens Classifications	mike_j	08/12/2007 19:56
Re: M- Lens Classifications	BrianT	02/10/2007 19:23
Re: M- Lens Classifications	PeteE	02/10/2007 20:25
Re: M- Lens Classifications	Mark_Norton	02/10/2007 22:04
Re: M- Lens Classifications	BrianT	03/10/2007 08:10
Re: M- Lens Classifications	Mark_Norton	03/10/2007 09:02
Re: M- Lens Classifications	TimF	03/10/2007 13:51
Re: M- Lens Classifications	BrianT	03/10/2007 09:36
Re: M- Lens Classifications	Benchista	03/10/2007 13:57
Re: M- Lens Classifications	topoxforddoc	03/10/2007 21:52
Re: M- Lens Classifications	BrianT	04/10/2007 09:53
Re: M- Lens Classifications	topoxforddoc	05/10/2007 22:31
Re: M- Lens Classifications	TimF	06/10/2007 08:57
Re: M- Lens Classifications	BrianT	06/10/2007 11:41
Re: M- Lens Classifications	Mark_Norton	06/10/2007 12:25
Re: M- Lens Classifications	BrianT	06/10/2007 14:27
Re: M- Lens Classifications	photogeek	04/10/2007 12:05
Re: M- Lens Classifications	TimF	03/10/2007 13:46
Re: M- Lens Classifications	photogeek	03/10/2007 08:20
Re: M- Lens Classifications	TimF	03/10/2007 08:49
Re: M- Lens Classifications	BrianT	03/10/2007 09:21
Re: M- Lens Classifications	TimF	03/10/2007 13:44
Re: M- Lens Classifications	Mark_Norton	03/10/2007 09:28
Re: M- Lens Classifications	Mark_Norton	03/10/2007 09:12
Re: M- Lens Classifications	photogeek	03/10/2007 09:59
Re: M- Lens Classifications	bagpuss	04/10/2007 07:52
Re: M- Lens Classifications	TimF	03/10/2007 08:54

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