Re: [Leica] W-I-D-E

["onetreehillclw" <onetreehillclw@compaq.net>]

you can put a 77mm UV on the front!

chris

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From: <ISILVERMN@aol.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 11:39 PM
Subject: [Leica] W-I-D-E


> I'm about five rolls into the 15mm Heliar and agree - this lens is going
to
> take a completely new approach to visualizing. I'm looking forward to
using
> it for architectural and landscape photography.  Also for
forced-perspective
> caricatures.
>
> Best of all, you can't use a UV filter with it!!  ;-)
>
> I've generally shot at f/8 or f/11, and am excited with the DOF and
contrast.
>  If there is any cloud activity in the sky, it gets VERY dramatic - the
lens
> seems to "pull' the entire sky towards the center.  Definitely something
to
> work with here.
>
> On the flip side - if the sky is clear and too much is in the picture, it
can
> lead to a very boring photograph.   And its all too easy to do with this
> piece of glass.  Filling the frame takes effort.
>
> I'm fortunate in that the second roll I shot with the lens was a series of
> industrial photos of a 1000 HP pump taken indoors.  No other lens would
work
> in the confined area available.  Insofar as several were chosen for
> publication in an in-house newsletter, the lens has already paid for
itself.
>
> Slobodan - I'm looking forward to meeting you Sunday at the Buena Park
Swap
> Meet (anybody have a lens cap or shade for a Rollei 35?)  I'll be wearing
a
> tan Yankee BB cap.
>
> Best,
>
> Ira Silverman