Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's even worse with the 12. Even when you point it down, you get tons of sky. I usually use the "sunny f16 (or f11 in my variation)" rule most of the time with this lens. By the way, here's another example of a photo taken with the Voigtlander 12. For this I made heavy use of Photoshop's perspective controls to try and correct the keystoning. I might have actually overdone it slightly. http://www.photoartworld.com/artgallery2.jpg dan c. At 09:33 AM 02-04-01 -0400, Howard Wells wrote: > >I agree with Ted Grant about using incident metering with this lens. >I've shot with a Nikkor 15mm lens as well and unless you are careful >with your center-weighted TTL metering you are likely to get >underexposure. > >As for the quality of the Heliar I find it very satisfactory. I shot a >50' wide mosaic under less than perfect conditions--could not get more >than 10' away from the piece and harsh sunlight--and the results were >lovely with Provia 100 F. I've only used one sample of the lens but it >is a great bargain. >Howard Wells >