Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gee Mark, Thanks. I may go back with Leica glass, but as the song goes, "Love the one you're with!" I'm trying out this lens to see what it will do. As I said, the performance was pretty good. But it is not the grave of my dead pet. It is the grave of a five year old girl who died of cancer after a couple years fight. Regards, Sonny - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] SonC's Pic a week 35 > "SonC (Sonny Carter)" wrote: > > > > My Photo A Week #35 is up. For the second straight week it has no > > (visible) people. I've been playing with a nice little Tamron > > (yikes!) zoom, and since the price was certainly right (free) and the > > performance is pretty good, it was my choice of glass. I believe the > > lens was set at about 90mm for this shot. > > > > http://www.sonc.com/paw/mollys.htm > > > > My Picture A Week index is at: > > http://www.sonc.com/paw/ > > > > Comments are always welcome. > > > > Regards. > > > > SonC > > http://www.sonc.com > > > > "You can't always get what you want, but if you try, > > sometimes you might just find you can get what you need." > > The Stones > > I don't know - - even at screen size as it is it is frustratingly soft. > Big lackluster highlights and brittle bokeh. > I see death as hard and sharp not soft. > A backlit shot with a cheap zoom lens on a Leica body does your dead pet deserve better? > Why not go back maybe with a tripod and shoot it with a fixed focal length lens? > Maybe even a Leica lens god forbid? > For me this stands out as by far your worst shot on your whole page. > If you're going to put a cheap zoom lens on your Leica body it's better you > don't even tell us untill later. > Then when we all say how great it is you can go "SEE! I knew i didn't really > have to waste money on this LEICA CRAP!" > I'm glad i flat out refuse to shoot with cheap glass any more. > Life's too short. > > > Mark Rabiner > > Portland, Oregon > USA > > http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ >