[rollei_list] Re: Ugly 2.8 E Planar shines....
- From: Dennis Purdy <dlp4777@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:55:10 -0800
On Feb 29, 2008, at 08:00, Richard Sintchak wrote:
> I picked up my 2.8E Planar for $160 USD from a used camera booth on
> the outskirts of Beijing when I lived there back in 1999. It's is
> beat to heck, ugly as sin, and even has a nice scratch in the front
> element. All that said I think it performs better and has a nicer
> look than either my 2.8C Xenotar (which is so pretty it's almost a
> museum peice) and my 3.5E3 Xenotar. Some shots of my sister and my
> wife on a nice San Francisco bay winter day at the Berkeley marina
> in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org
>
Yes a nice soft focus lens like a Planar takes on an interesting glow.
Perhaps you should try a Holga. Since the razor sharp Xenotar isn't so
much to your liking.. ;-))
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