I have a Tessina. I do not have the pop-up view finder so I found a prism which makes it heavy. The spring drive is quiet but it is very weak and does not advance more than a few frames before it needs to be wound again.
excellent word usage- "parableptic". Had to look that one up.Optically it is a carbon copy of the original Thambar, with single coating. Some people like parableptic lenses.
Thanks very much, but I learned "parablepsy" from an optometrist daughter of an old friend. Interestingly it has two usages, bad vision in a general sense and bad translation or reading in a literary sense.excellent word usage- "parableptic". Had to look that one up.
It definitely does produce a unique image though, doesn't it?Just wait until someone making the X-Files asks to borrow this lens.
On the random combination of optical elements for photographic lenses.
$60K for a new pickup is middle of the roadI know people that spend $60K on a pickup truck.
Do you hate them too?
It seems (to me being a very old photographer) that people lust after really crappy lenses. I'm not going to start a war but Ive been continually amazed when the herd just has to have that 1950ish lens with poor contrast, soft corners and vignetting because it has great bokeh. So Leica has jumped on that bandwagon by introducing lenses that were great in the '30's (that's 1930). I bet there marketing and engineering departments can't stop laughing.Look for the new Thambar 2.2/90mm pages on the Leica site... Clearly we don't talk photography anymore. $6,500 a pop to get blurry pictures? Come on...
IShow me a dozen photos taken with a dozen different 35mm cameras, one of which was a Leica. Double-blind test, with the only variation being the camera - same photographer, same scene, same light, same film, same developer, printed on the same paper, by the same printer. If you then have 100 people look at said prints, and they can pick out which one was shot by the Leica more than 50% of the time, then I'll buy that there's something super-worthy about them..
I know people that spend $60K on a pickup truck.
Do you hate them too?
this hatred shown at both sides of the gear spectrum
there are people that dislike leica users
and there are people who dislike lo-fi users ( lomographers or holga users )
equally as much ... its a tribal thing
I am not sure that there is Leica hatred. I personally don't hate Leica. I do think Leica did the right thing. The prices are out of my reach but I don't think they are overpriced.
I actually think the used price of the Pentax K1000 is more overpriced than new or used Leica.It is interesting to look at what Leica cameras sold for in earlier days and convert those prices to today's prices. One of the biggest reasons we did not sell many Leica Cameras was due to the high cost. Always been costly.
Bob
I can't speak for others as to why they feel a certain way about a given product, but I think in at least some cases, it's not the camera, but the people who own them and wave them about as status symbols instead of actually making good pictures with them. A great photographer can make a great image with a pinhole, a Holga, a Brownie, a Leica, a Hasselblad or a Linhof. A bad photographer thinks that having the Leica, Hasselblad or Linhof makes their pictures good. No, their pictures are sharp, contrasty, with smooth bokeh, of nothing."Hate"....why should I hate a company, camera maker, etc. They market their products towards an audience that might not include me. I can consider it a smart move or not, but I don't take it personally.
So what? If it makes them happy, so be it. Leica (and others) certainly is somewhere between fashion accessories and collectible for many people, and I think some of their "special editions" are absurd, but why should I hate it? There's obviously a market for it, Leica is one of the few still producing film cameras, so I am perfectly Ok with it. I won't be a customer, but I reserve "hate" for other facets of life, society, etc.... but the people who own them and wave them about as status symbols instead of actually making good pictures with them....
So what? If it makes them happy, so be it. Leica (and others) certainly is somewhere between fashion accessories and collectible for many people, and I think some of their "special editions" are absurd, but why should I hate it? There's obviously a market for it, Leica is one of the few still producing film cameras, so I am perfectly Ok with it. I won't be a customer, but I reserve "hate" for other facets of life, society, etc.
the best camera is the one you 1 have with you and 2 understand and know how to use ..I would wonder why not use a better camera
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its really too bad because one. of the reasons film is still around is that lo fi users use a lot of film, much more than the weekend warrierwith the Leica or Hasys who shoots 1 roll ( maybe ) and they're done or the LF user who conserves their exposures because of time, expense and effort &people who use those HI FI formats should actually be THANKING LO FI users because they wouldn't be shooting anything if they weren't around.
Not sure i agree, but no facts to properly disagree, either.
Could be people went digital because it was easy. No lab, no effluents, no darkroom and other factors. And due to the rise in digital, manufacturers saw a slowdown in film and paper sales and gave up. Perhaps digital cut down delivery time so their clients demand digital images.
One change begins another change and before you know it, very few saddle makers are left.
Bob
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