Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Cardish wrote: <snip> > > In my opinion, the slight disadvantage of the 35mm framelines is more than > made up by the improved 50mm frame. And if you ever use a 90mm, the HM > wins, no contest! I am new to Leica. Actually I had taken very few photos since I took about a thousand while wintering over a couple years in Antarctica 40 years ago. I used a Kodak Retina IIIc during those trips. I purchased a new M6HM about three months ago and I particularly enjoy shooting SCALA BW slides. I have 35mm 50mm and 90mm lens but generally use the 50mm. I am 63 years old with astigmatism that uses reading glasses to read and stare at the CRT, a distance prescription to drive, hike, etc., and when I pistol shoot I have another prescription for that. But I can see OK with no glasses at all. When using my M6HM I am still fighting the focus. Sometimes I use my glasses(distance prescription) and sometimes I don't. But I think I am homing in on focusing with my glasses on. The 35mm framing for sure and sometimes the 50mm I do with my glasses pushed up on my forehead. I am obtaining better photos as I practice. I am limited more by my lack of ability to see interesting well lit subjects than I am by any camera limitation. I expect to improve my eye and ability to control the best depth of field and to properly expose for the shadows as I run rolls of film through the camera. I take notes in a little notebook so I can refer back to my settings as I study the resulting slides on a projector/screen and on a light table with 4x and 10x magnifiers. I recently purchased some colored filters and ND filters. I was hiking in the Cascades the other day and wanted to take of photo of a waterfall at a slow speed and realized I could not adjust the lens opening small enough in the bright sun. That is what the ND filters are for. Great fun and you LUGers helped out a lot in helping buy the right gear. All he equipment has worked fine since new. And thanks for the tips on the incident light readings. I think that I will buy a relatively inexpensive "backup" meter that will measure incident light and I will use a 18% gray card. And possibly experiment with foam cups. I needed the backup meter the other day because I forgot to turn the timing control to B while the camera was wrapped in a towel in its foam lined briefcase. It must of been wrapped too tight and the batteries were run down. I have to learn some things the hard way. That is how I had to learn to be careful that the film is being wound after inserting a new roll. I wonder what my next lesson will be? Dale - -- $ dale-reed@worldnet.att.net Seattle, Washington U.S.A. $