On Wednesday 25 July 2001 21:06, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> Hi Ken ...
>
> Well, this is often referred to on the list as the "Bow-Wow" Takumar,
> indicating that it's a dog. There are claims of flare, distortion,
> and other optical problems.
If I didn't know better I would think you were talking about one of my
old girl friends.
> However, many years ago this was my
> first wide angle lens, and I was quite satisfied with it. Resolution
> wasn't the greatest, but I was shooting a lot of TX in Acufine, and
> didn't care about the finest resolution. Subsequently I used the
> lens with finer grained film and was still pleased with the results.
I guess we are both old school. I have a 14x24 and a 18x24 print
hanging on my office wall that were shot on TriX at 1600 and pushed in
Acufine. I still like the way they look. Thanks for your reply on the
20/4.5
Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas
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