Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Mark Pope" <leica.user@ntlworld.com> To: "Leica User Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <MUGers@yahoogroups.com>; "LEG" <leica@topica.com> Sent: 26 October 2002 13:43 Subject: [Leica] Klingons invade Swindon Shopping Centre! > Last weekend, a celeb from one of the Star Trek spin-offs opened a film > memorabilia store in Swindon. I spotted two characters dressed as Klingons > hanging around outside (well you couldn't miss them really!). They agreed > to have their photo taken - the result can be seen at > http://www.leica-gallery.net/mark-pope/image-34799.html . > > This shot convince me just how good the 50mm Summicron (latest) is. This > shot has been cropped and I made a version of this print on 9.5" x 12" > paper, which would full-frame would be bigger than 12"x16" and boy does it > have some detail in it! Shooting at 1/1000 at f4 helped too - so no camera > shake and the lens at or near its best aperture. > > Comments or criticism on or off-list will be appreciated. > > Regards ==================================================================== Hi Mark, Klingons, that's a bit different and well captured. I see what you mean about detail, I can see every vein on their foreheads :-) - --Graham - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html