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Re: [OM] Heliar (Was: 50mm 1.8 (Re: Hoarding & Varimagni))

Subject: Re: [OM] Heliar (Was: 50mm 1.8 (Re: Hoarding & Varimagni))
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:35:27 -0500
Like 'em both. Cowboy Passenger probably looks better on screen than as a 
print, and Flowers, Lines & Curves just the opposite. Kinda flat on screen, but 
I'm betting the print is a real looker.

--Bob Whitmire
www.bobwhitmire.com




On Jan 24, 2011, at 3:34 AM, Dawid Loubser wrote:

> I absolutely love printing negatives taken with the 50mm Heliar f/3.5 -
> I printed these two this week-end. Both shot wide open. All
> aspects of image quality is extraordinary with this lens - I don't
> think I can go back to using plasmat-design 50mm lenses anymore,
> it's just not the same...
> 
> "Cowboy Passenger"
> http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/023/d/4/cowboy_passenger_by_philosomatographer-d37vorl.jpg
> (guess focus at min. focus distance, not a sharp image)
> 
> "Flowers, Lines and Curves"
> http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/023/5/d/flowers__lines_and_curves_by_philosomatographer-d37vq00.jpg
> (...on the other hand, the lens completely out-resolved the film  
> across the frame in the in-focus area,
> wonderful to see on a large print)

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