Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first one seems more exposed, has slight vignetting, the far edge of the black board (and nearby drawing, looks like the famous E = MC2) reminds me of Noctilux out of focus. So I'll say Noctilux. The second one is 50mm 1.4 Nikkor. I wish there was more details in the background for comparison, and also that the lens to subject distance not change. What did I win ? :-) - - Phong No Archive > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Peter Klein > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 6:23 PM > To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] PWIFLI: Portrait of Marianne > > > PWIFLI = Picture When I Feel Like It. Lazy/busy man's PAW. > > This is probably a record for me. The picture was taken last Friday, and > it's up on Tuesday. The picture was taken in Marianne's office, with > Ted's favorite Rembrandt lighting coming from a window, and the > flourescent office lights providing a bit of fill. > > http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/marianne.jpg > > Now for some fun. Let's play Guess the Lens. Here is the above photo, > with no adjustments, spotting or sharpening, just reduced in size and > Jpegged: > > http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/marianne-4.jpg > > And here's another shot with a different lens. > > http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/marianne-5.jpg > > Can you guess which lens was used in each shot? All I'll tell you is that > they both are fast normal lenses, shot wide open at 1/60th. Delta 100 > developed by a local pro lab in D76 1:1. > > Disclaimer: No, the lenses were not bolted to an 8-ton concrete block > equippend with a seismometer. Therefore this is not a scientific lens > test, it proves nothing, blah blah blah. But oddly enough, the different > characteristics of the lenses do come through in these photos, and are > consistent with other photos taken with these lenses on the same roll. > > Coming soon: More pictures from Venice! > > --Peter Klein > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html