Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What you guys don't know is that y'all need a Leica M Monochrom. It's the greatest B&W camera ever. Angels sing when I push that shutter. Oh wait, it could just be me hearing voices. Anyway, I have an El Cheapo 90/2.8 Elmarit M E46 version. It can be very sharp when stopped down, but very pleasant at 2.8. On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 5:25 PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> wrote: > > > Today's lenses are engineered to be SHARP, CRISP, HIGH CONTRAST. > > Katy is none of these. ( old 90 ELmar) > > Stay with what you like. > > I did. I love the look of images from my old 90 Elmar. So do my > subjects. I'm suspicious of lenses that are sharper than my eyes. > > I have a 75 Summicron-M APO F/2 for when I want sharp and crisp and > contrasty. I can't use it on my IIIf, of course. > > But mostly these days I use my Q2, which has a fixed 28/1.7 Summilux and > a zillion pixels. > I bet there is a Thambar plugin for Lightroom if I want to get rid of > sharp and crisp. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard http://imagecraft.com JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative