Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
That's mashed potatoes 
porktaco
Well-known
Vince Lupo
Whatever
Leica glow from a 73 Hektor
Chris101
summicronia
I thought radioactive lenses glowed.
Corto
Well-known
AGFA ISOLETTE GLOW!!
muser53
MUSER53
Men sweat, women glow.Leica glow from a 73 Hektor
seakayaker1
Well-known
. . . . . the way I first heard that expression was that "horses sweat, men perspire, and women glow!"
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
Universal rule #736: the more open the lens, the more glow.
Sparrow
Veteran
Universal rule #736: the more open the lens, the more glow.
... or the more out of focus, the more the glow ... as demonstrated in this thread
Richard G
Veteran
... or the more out of focus, the more the glow ... as demonstrated in this thread
+1. Wouldn't even look at a Leica lens based on this thread.
porktaco
Well-known
the quote is attributed to orson welles...
...Orson Welles, about his wife Rita Hayworth, on the set of Lady from Shanghai. The director of photography told him Rita was sweating and it was visible on the film. Orson said sternly, "Horses sweat. Men perspire. Miss Hayworth glows."
Sparrow
Veteran
I'm pretty sure Oscar Wilde would have something to say about that
RObert Budding
D'oh!
Based on this thread, I'd conclude that Leica glow = (poor focus + bad composition).
Vince Lupo
Whatever
Cats can glow too!
leicapixie
Well-known
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101536
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101536
The older Leica lenses have glow.It ain't simply out of focus, blur, the shakes or taken during shell fire or 'quakes! It is often referred to, in the past, esp. in German magazines/books as "plastik/plastic".
My collapsible 50mm Summicron, 135mm Hektor has it in boatloads.
My Pentax Super Takumar have none of these wonders.
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101536
The older Leica lenses have glow.It ain't simply out of focus, blur, the shakes or taken during shell fire or 'quakes! It is often referred to, in the past, esp. in German magazines/books as "plastik/plastic".
My collapsible 50mm Summicron, 135mm Hektor has it in boatloads.
My Pentax Super Takumar have none of these wonders.
David Hughes
David Hughes
Hi,
Didn't the Leica glow stories start when someone wondered about a Leitz slide projector lens and had it adapted to fit his camera? It was a 125mm HeKtor . The story is somewhere in Theo Scheerer's book.
Regards, David
Didn't the Leica glow stories start when someone wondered about a Leitz slide projector lens and had it adapted to fit his camera? It was a 125mm HeKtor . The story is somewhere in Theo Scheerer's book.
Regards, David
SausalitoDog
Well-known
Shot thru a nylon stocking?
Tom
Tom
Vince Lupo
Whatever
I think it's a combination of the older lenses not being coated, and is particularly noticeable with the faster lenses shot close to wide open (such as the 50/2 Summar, the 50/1.5 Xenon and the 73/1.9 Hektor). The shots are 'sharp' but a different kind of sharpness, if that makes sense. The thing that I really like is when shooting colour film -- along an edge in which there are two colours on either side of that edge, they almost 'bleed' onto one another. You can kinda see it in that shot of my wife from a few years back (this is a scan from a print, BTW). Think I shot that one at about f/2. The uncoated elements also contribute to the colour being flatter (in terms of contrast and saturation), but I actually quite like that. Interesting that simply shooting a newer lens wide open doesn't deliver the same results -- maybe it's the quality of the glass, the coatings etc?
If I can find any more 'glowy' shots (or at least ones that I think are 'glowy'!), I'll upload them.
If I can find any more 'glowy' shots (or at least ones that I think are 'glowy'!), I'll upload them.
Vince Lupo
Whatever
Found another one -- it seems that I had better luck with my 73/1.9 Hektor...maybe because of its focal length?
