Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful portraits, Brian. I have a 90mm Tele-Elmarit of a similar vintage, and I too find it a wonderful portrait lens. One of my two submissions to the LUG yearbook (of which I have bought 2 copies, BTW, one for my son in NJ and one for myself) was shot with this lens. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 19 Jul 2021, at 00:50, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> wrote: > > I poked around and found 13 pictures that I am certain were taken with my > Elmar 90 f/4. > I almost always shot it wide open, but I never wrote that kind of > information down so I can't be sure. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/elmar90f4/ > > Most of these pictures are from a trip I took to Paris in the summer of > 1972. This is because on that trip, I had only the Elmar 90 and a 35 with > me, and obviously none of these was taken with a 35. So I didn't have to > stop and ponder what lens I had used. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/elmar90f4/ > > All Tri-X at ASA400 (the ISO wasn't created for at least another 10 years > after these pictures were taken). Developed in HC-110 and scanned on a > Nikon LS-4000. > > It is unusual for me to post pictures of anything but my grandchildren, > but I have done other stuff, too.... > > I tracked down the parents of the two boys shown in picture #7 and sent > them each an 8x10 print. Back then it was common to use US paper sizes for > European frames, but a decade later it was all A4. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information