[pure-silver] Re: Lens quality, filter degradation

An excellent point Mark, and the primary reason I chose to buy a Rollei =
instead of moving into large format (just yet).  I love to get out and =
make landscape/nature 'portraits', but more often than not my developed =
film is blessed with images of my 2 young children.  Somehow they manage =
to get in front of the lens just as I'm releasing the shutter...  I =
wanted MF negs of them and the 6x9 Press wasn't getting the job done.  =
The Rollei is a nice point and shoot, a pleasure to use, and frequently =
a topic of conversation.  A quick thanks to Mr. Knoppow as well for =
continuing to share his wisdom.

Scott =20

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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Lens quality, filter degradation


Scott

I would contend that mounting the lens on a camera,
rather than a stable optical bench also degrades its
performance, as would use of the lens outdoors.  I am
certain that there are plenty of Rolleiflex Planars
which are exceptional lenses, and which have never
been used to generate an exceptional image - just as
there are many mediocre lenses which have generated
exceptional images.

The equipment that you use is meerly a tool to get the
image that you are trying to capture.  Better lenses
and filters will reduce the number of hard-to-control
artifacts, which may help you to get the image that
you want, or it may not.=20

If you are getting images that you are happy with
using your current setup, then you have the ideal
setup for you.

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