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I don't care what you call it, I love the look of both my vintage Zeiss and Leica R lenses give when used properly under good light. Laymen use words like micro contrast and and 3D pop but they may as well be saying Voodoo, Vibe or magic crystal energy. But what they are really trying to express is that these lenses have a certain look when used correctly that they really, really like. You can talk shit and pixel peep all you want but it won't capture scientifically that feeling certain people get in their heart when they see images with a certain look. Not everybody likes the look, but a lot of folks do. I have a collection of vintage lenses like Helios's, Jupiters, Takumars etc (as well as a full set of modern canon RF lenses, but clients seem to pick the shots I do with the Ziess's for color and Leica Rs for B+W more often than not. Here is a vintage Zeiss Planar T 85mm f1.4 that was shot on a shitty old canon 5dmark ii. Beautiful lens, love how it renders skin tones.
