Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:15 PM -0800 1/26/01, Mark Rabiner wrote: >Hans-Peter.Lammerich@t-online.de wrote: >> >> How do you use a Leica in portrait mode, with hat on head? >> >> Hans-Peter > >You can use the string and have the hat off your head behind you >like the 50's cowboys. >Or there are snaps on the sides for the brims and you can turn the hat 45 >degrees if the brim is really in the way. >But mainly the brim just makes for better lens shading. >I may have gotten a brim in one shot over several years. > >mark rabiner You also have to remember to fold the brim back if you're shooting with the 12mm Cosina. Otherwise, with a bit of luck you can get your toes and your hat brim into the same shot. - -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com