bene
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Some one please enlighten me =)
srichmond
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It's something people see on April 1st.
Meleica
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The Leica glow is basically flare. Over time, people have spun this into being some type of positive attribute....
I also think some are confusing the 3-D like quality (modeling) that many Leica lenses give off as being related to the "glow."
Does anyone think the "glow" exists in the 50mm 1.4 ASPH or any other Leica lens of the last 10 years?
Dan
I also think some are confusing the 3-D like quality (modeling) that many Leica lenses give off as being related to the "glow."
Does anyone think the "glow" exists in the 50mm 1.4 ASPH or any other Leica lens of the last 10 years?
Dan
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JohnnyT
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Hmmm...
It's appear once in a year in a dark dark night... Fairies organizes a big reunion with forest spirits and druids...
It's appear once in a year in a dark dark night... Fairies organizes a big reunion with forest spirits and druids...
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rxmd
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I'm sure a lot of people think so.
Meleica
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I'd love to hear from and see what "glow" anyone thinks they are getting from the 50/1.4 ASPH - one of the most clinically precise lenses of the last 10 years.... Anyone have an example ?
Dan
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film is exciting
Leica flare doesn't have the same ring to it, refering to the flare as glow might take the sting out of buying old glass and expecting it to perform like a modern coated lense.
Although if bought without those expectations "glow" sounds better than flare and as noted becomes some sort of mythical quality feature of the older glass. The ltm summarit had the leica glow due to minor haze and it's affinity for flaring in some situations, but was enjoyable to use and with it's predictable flare was good for creating mood not exhibited by a clean modern coated lense.
Glow, the nice way to say flare.
Although if bought without those expectations "glow" sounds better than flare and as noted becomes some sort of mythical quality feature of the older glass. The ltm summarit had the leica glow due to minor haze and it's affinity for flaring in some situations, but was enjoyable to use and with it's predictable flare was good for creating mood not exhibited by a clean modern coated lense.
Glow, the nice way to say flare.
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Pablito
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it's what happens to the pictures when an otherwise perfectly good Leica lens gets fungus or haze.
rxmd
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Just put a thin layer of vaseline on an UV filter in front of your clean modern coated lens for the same effect. Or scratch the filter a little bit.
Call it "customizable glow", or sell pre-scratched filters under labels such as "Glowbaby 2.0" or "iGlo".
proenca
Proenca
Ok, I'll try to shed some light here.
Leica Glow, or traditionally what people call Leica Glow is some sort of light bleeding that occurs on highlight areas and bleed out : causing a glow.
Certain older lenses have this characteristics and some people like it a lot for black and white photography.
Found a photo on Flickr, from other photographer, which shows this perfectly :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andretakeda/3335606778/
Note the woman's face, seems that the light "bleed" over the flace to the rest, causing what people usualyl call the "leica glow".
On color , usually gets to the form of glowing and chromatic aberrations but blurred, like this one :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aryschien/2897810401/
( look at the ipod )
Lately, people just tend to use the expression Leica Glow to define some lens as in their ability to draw the picture, rendering an almost 3D effect to it or very well defined sharpness...
so take your pick, hope it helped
Leica Glow, or traditionally what people call Leica Glow is some sort of light bleeding that occurs on highlight areas and bleed out : causing a glow.
Certain older lenses have this characteristics and some people like it a lot for black and white photography.
Found a photo on Flickr, from other photographer, which shows this perfectly :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andretakeda/3335606778/
Note the woman's face, seems that the light "bleed" over the flace to the rest, causing what people usualyl call the "leica glow".
On color , usually gets to the form of glowing and chromatic aberrations but blurred, like this one :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aryschien/2897810401/
( look at the ipod )
Lately, people just tend to use the expression Leica Glow to define some lens as in their ability to draw the picture, rendering an almost 3D effect to it or very well defined sharpness...
so take your pick, hope it helped
maddoc
... likes film again.
"Glow" = undercorrected chromatic aberration + (possible) overexposure of the highlights.
Roger Hicks
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It's shorthand for a means of confusing and irritating reverse snobs who refuse to believe that Leica lenses have any desirable qualities whatsoever.
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
rxmd
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proenca
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Sparrow
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Doing a good job of that, Roger
I believe you’re confusing Leica glow and Leica blur there, not that they are not equally important to the artiest
Roger Hicks
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Roger Hicks
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Doing a good job of that, Roger
To my shame I've not tried it on the M9 yet (it currently has a 65 Elmar on it) but I'm looking forward to it. Too damn' cold! Maybe tomorrow at a mince pie gathering.
The Thambar pretty much defines undercorrected spherical aberration. (Just not very sharply).
Cheers,
R.
oftheherd
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porktaco
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if you have to ask, you can't afford it
Roger Hicks
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Except that Miklos was doing it deliberately, for effect. Not so sure about Y.B.
Cheers
R.