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

No, I like my Holga a lot too!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/2078706831/

Richard S.

On 2/29/08, Dennis Purdy <dlp4777@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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