wind.dk Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 <CENTER><AHREF="http://www.wind.dk/photographs/gallerypage/copenhagen/Y03M05P35"><IMGSRC="http://www.wind.dk/photographs/copenhagen/Y03M05P35.jpg" ALT=""BORDER=0></A><BR><BR><I>Copenhagen City Square, May 2003<BR>Leica III with 5cm f/2.8 collapsible Elmar<BR>T-MAX 100 developed in Ilfosol-S<BR>Exposure guesswork based on sunny f/11<BR>Scanned on Minolta Scan Elite II<BR>Processed in GraphicConverter</I></CENTER> <P>... or is it the Sun?</P> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_m__toronto_ Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 i would call that flare :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wind.dk Posted June 13, 2003 Author Share Posted June 13, 2003 Ahh, that's what it's called, I knew it had to be something <CODE>:-)</CODE> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd frederick Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 No offesnse intended, but I would call that flare aw well. Interesting, I am getting that "Leica Glow" from my new digital camera! ;0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_shively Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 I used to get "Leica Glow" from Nikkor lenses made in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabophoto Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 >>based on sunny f/11 ??? I know Sunny f/16... Carsten http://www.cabophoto.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcg Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 Nice work! Gotta love that lens. Isn't it amazing what these 50-60 lens can yield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob F. Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 My radioactive collapsible Summicron has a nice glow . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert goldstein Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 Most people don't show shots with flare as positive examples of lens quality. Or maybe you're a troll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulstenquist Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 I get Leica glow from my Summicron 50/2. My Pentax lenses with superb multi coatings produce high contrast photos. But I do love Leicas, I really do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 Don't listen to them - In this instance it is flare, BUT it is a nice example of flare. - Have a look at IVOR MATANLE's book on using classic cameras and you will see some similar "contre jeur" shots made with uncoated or early coated lenses and it clearly demonstrates that the photos they make can be particularly beautiful in a way that modern coated lenses simply cannot replicate. But I think the contributors are technically correct in that the "Leica glow" is a term more usually applied to the effects of uncorrected spherical abberation which gives the "soft sharpness" (if I can call it that) or roundness that some old lenses have. You might also take note that it's not jusy Leica lens which can have it - again look at Matanle's book and you will see similar effects from various old lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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