Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've got a softie too! I'm getting the hang of it, trying different techniques (tip of finger vs. 1st/2nd joint with tension, etc.) I've got just a few rolls under my belt with the 28 ASPH. I have a .72 and bought the CV 28/35 mini-finder, but I'm having some potential trouble with horizontal and vertical alignment attempts using the CV finder. I also see that I need to get a grip on how the metering pattern works with the 28 lens, handling contrasty shots and what not. So while the lens's full glory is still ahead of me, I have scanned a roll of color film @ 4000 dpi and had a glimpse at its resolving power. Yummy! I hope practice makes perfect - or at least adequate in my case :-) Scott William G. Lamb, III wrote: > > Scott, > > I'll stay out of the politics. If you think YOU are shaky, and I'm 58! > :-) > > I hate carrying even a monopod so I use a "softie" on all Leicas > except for my M7. I find it gives you one to two speeds slower > without a lot of shake. I guess it helps if your M6 is black too. > Usually you can go with this combo into places where other > cameras would be banned. This applies to museums, etc. > > Are you wild about the 28 ASPH yet?! :-) > > William > >> I just bought my first Leica lens - 28/2, yeah! - and I didn't spring >> for some >> of the worlds finest glass to be told I can't use a tripod in lots of >> public >> places around Washington, DC. My hands are a little shakey, and using >> a tripod is the classic way around this. I'm not sure how tripod >> usage got >> on the "watch list" of security folks, but it did, and it diminishes >> the value >> I get out of my newly, and for me dearly, acquired Leica glass. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information