[rollei_list] Re: Ugly 2.8 E Planar shines....

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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