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Re: [OM] Olympus Software- the right tool for the right job

Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus Software- the right tool for the right job
From: Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:25:26 -0400
Well, I'm using my 30 and 40 year old lenses on my M9, M240, and MM and
they seem to be totally functional.  My favorite lens is the 90/2.0 from
1959 and it works fine, better than my brand new 50/1.4 which I'm going to
have to send in to be adjusted.

Tina


On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 6:07 PM, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is that to say that my 50mm / f1.4 Sumilux which I bought new in the box
> from Leica Hong Kong in 1972, and presently sitting on my M3, will fit my
> M9 and will be totally functional in every way with the electronic /
> digital capacity of the camera body ?
>
> I disagree with you that it's not the camera that makes or breaks the
> photograph unless of course you believe that your coal fired kitchen Aga
> stove really does make for a better baked tortilla :-)
>
> jh
>
>
>
>
> On 6/17/2014 6:51 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> But it's the legendary Leica lenses that give the "glow" and the same
>> lenses are being used with Leica digital cameras.  In spite of that, I
>> don't think it's the camera that makes or breaks the photograph.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 5:45 PM, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>  Philippe writes that he is "left untouched by most of the images [he]
>>> see[s] from the latest Leicas."
>>>
>>> Nowhere in this thread have I read that Leica's digital images are seen
>>> to
>>> have the so called "glow" which some people say they have evinced from
>>> Leica film camera images.
>>>
>>> jh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/17/2014 5:46 PM, philippe.amard wrote:
>>>
>>>  Le 17 juin 14 à 22:21, Ken Norton a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>  I'm reminded of "Bench Bob" and his medium-format digital backs,
>>>>> Leicas and his Canons. Looking through his on-line images, I could
>>>>> figure out what camera was used for almost all of the images. Without
>>>>> a comparative, the Canons produced excellent results. But when
>>>>> compared to the Leica and MFDB images, they appeared off. No amount of
>>>>> calibration would make them look like anything different. I think that
>>>>> CH Ling would agree.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  It all depends on what you want to achieve - the right tool for the
>>>> right
>>>> job was part of an earlier thread this week.
>>>> For instance I'm left untouched by most of the images I see from the
>>>> latest Leicas. The Monochrome above all; way too clinical; the results
>>>> look
>>>> like an operation theater or an Audi interior ...
>>>> A good friend of mine used an M8 for years and I loved what he shared.
>>>> He's been using an M9 for a while and his photographs have lost part of
>>>> their soul, go figure.
>>>>
>>>> But I love Bob's benches - he uses the right tools for the right job.
>>>>
>>>> Amities
>>>> Philippe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to
>>>> the eye. Antoine de Saint Exupéry in Le Petit Prince.
>>>> NO ARCHIVE
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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