RE: [Leica] Fluff and garbage at the edges

["Francesco Sanfilippo" <fls@san.rr.com>]

No need to apologize, thanks a lot for the advice.
I did not know about the distance formula you
mentioned....I'll have to try that out.

I guess the best method is just to get as tight as
possible, without ruining the element of the background,
and to do a complete sweep of the frame before
shooting.  Maybe even shoot a couple of frames quickly
to make sure you get the shot, then if the subject has
not moved, you now have time to move in and examine the
frame more without worrying about missing the shot.

Francesco Sanfilippo
francesco@incsystems.com
Webmaster & Network Administrator,
InContact Systems, MentorU.Com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mike
> Johnston
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 1:28 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Fluff and garbage at the edges
>
>
> Francesco Sanfilippo: >>>I barely have time to go out
> shooting even on
> weekends.
> When I do go out, I can sense the lack of practice and I
> can see it in my results<<<
>
> Man, I know that feeling. When I "bonded" with my first Leica I was
> shooting every day; I got very good at handling it. Ditto when I was
> shooting with no light meter. Shooting less often, my
> skills never got
> so good again. Frustrating.
>
> >>>I have been shooting exclusively with an M6HM and a 35/2 ASPH
> and I am finding too much fluff and garbage around the edges of
> my negatives.  Feet, arms, halves of other bodies, halves of trees,
> pieces of trash on the ground, you get the idea...<<<
>
> Probably because there is more on the film than the framelines cover
> except at close focus. Look at the width or thickness of
> the framelines.
> Focussed close to infinity, on the film there will be three or four
> thicknesses' worth *outside* the framelines included on the
> negative.
> The closer you focus, the less this is true. The framelines
> aren't very
> accurate (except for the 40mm f/2 Rokkor-M, which can
> easily be modified
> to bring up the 35mm framelines).
>
> I got around this by learning to "crowd" the framelines
> when framing.
> Frame tight, and the camera will give you the little extra
> air that you
> need.
>
> The other trick is to visualize without the viewfinder. With a 35mm
> lens, the picture area will be about as wide as the subject is from
> camera position. That is, if you're focussed on a person 10
> feet away
> from you, the picture at that distance from you will take in an area
> about ten feet wide. This sounds very difficult (and feels
> that way when
> you first start trying it), but it's like everything else with a
> Leica--keep practicing, and it gets almost automatic. I still find
> myself looking at objects and imaging mentally how wide the
> frame will
> take in! Even though I haven't had a Leica with 35mm lens
> for years now.
> Ditto with the pre-focusing routine--I still look at
> objects and imagine
> where to place the the focusing tab (on the 35mm Summicron
> I sold in '93
> <g>).
>
> Forgive me for repeating this if you know all this already.
>
> --Mike
>
>
>
>