Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks. I never saw your backyard shot. Very nice. Funny looking trees though ;-) Great sky. The 21 is a very nice handling lens. Maybe a little bigger then your 28. Takes 55mm filters. Cost a bundle though. Had to trade in some nice stuff to get it. Cheers, Len On Jan 18, 2007, at 8:33 PM, G Hopkinson wrote: > Yes, cool, thanks Len. The shot with the M8 looks terrific. No > visible distortion at all, saturated and sharp, sharp. My kind of > glass. See this one of mine for why I thought we had a similar idea > from our backyards. > <http://contest.leica-users.org/main.php/v/0609/Late > +Afternoon.jpg.html> > http://tinyurl.com/38wq92 > > Your 21 is obviously the logical solution for the 28 view angle on > your M8. Do find it balances/handles well?. I've not seen one in > the flesh. I've read great things re the 24 on the film M's, too. > Also the ZI 25. > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Leonard Taupier > Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 09:29 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: M8 1st Shots and impressions. > > Let me look for some 21mm stuff. I like it a lot. Turns into a 28mm. > > Len > > > On Jan 18, 2007, at 5:37 PM, G Hopkinson wrote: > >> Len the African Violets shot nearly put my eyes out! >> I like your sunrise, you must have good taste because it looks >> remarkably like a shot I posted in the competition a while back ;-) >> It was a sunset from my backyard. Must be the time zone difference. >> >> That 21 looks to a great candidate to use on the M8. Do you have >> some stuff to post taken with it with a film camera? >> >> Cheers >> Hoppy >> >> >> This morning, after coffee, I went out to my cold, frosty backyard >> and looked for something to shoot in daylight. Took a few boring >> shots of hibernating shrubs and stuff but the sky looked pretty >> interesting so I shot that. >> >> <ISO 160, 21mm Elmarit ASPH, about f11> >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8/Dawn.jpg.html> >> >> >> Len >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information