Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]you would have to hold the filter. chris - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:36 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] W-I-D-E > At 12:17 AM -0600 3/15/01, onetreehillclw wrote: > >you can put a 77mm UV on the front! > > > >chris > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >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 > > > And what would you be fastening it to? > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com