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That's probably the key - but I for one do not know what that phrase means.... lots of micro contrast gradient ...
works very well for me (most of my lenses are pre 1910... petzvals and portraits for 4x5 & 8x10 that make this one look absolutely sharp.Jim, is that 'glow' working for you?
IMO I dont want a lens like that... it's personal I guess.
Sadly I have "glow" all the time especially at nightworks very well for me (most of my lenses are pre 1910... petzvals and portraits for 4x5 & 8x10 that make this one look absolutely sharp.
.. and if i want tack sharp, razor crisp edges... i can stop this lens down to f2.0 and get that
it's all about personal preferences... i probably feel the same way about the new glass' look as you do about this. 25 years ago, my personal aesthetic was closer to yours... give me another 25 and i'll probably be back (course by then *everything* will probably look soft to me
Some Leica lenses exhibit this "effect" more than others, all have it to some degree. It's not just a "wide open" imaging phenomenon.Do all Leica lenses have this or some more than others?
Which lens according to you has the maximum 'glow'?
totally agree.I think this is not a very useful term, because it means different things to different people. Somebody probably said it once, "Those Leica lenses really glow!!", and someone repeated it etc. Someone like Jim will use it to describe the soft-luminance of an older lens wide open -- like the 35/1.4 or the 75/1.4...but another person will say that it is the very high microcontrast the contributes to a 3D effect. These are all real properties for real Leica lenses, but I would not say they are tied together by any "glow philosophy" at Leica. Leica has just been trying to make the best lenses they can make for decades, and in doing so they have made a lot of great lenses! People are looking of ways to describe why they like those Leica lenses better than other lenses from other manufacturers, and "the Leica glow" is an easy stock phrase to repeat when they don't have the words or the ability to articulate a clearer reason as to why they like them better (which is totally fine! I am in this exact same ship of fools and loving every minute of it!).