Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think that it was a wise decision to keep the 24 on. Great view on SF. Fantastic lens so it proves and the M8 is impressive at ISO 160. Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 14-mrt-07, om 04:24 heeft Brian Reid het volgende geschreven: > Over on the "M8 use filters or not" thread I mentioned this picture > and said I'd show it if I liked it. > > I like it. > > Today I accidentally got onto a road that forced me onto the San > Francisco Bay Bridge, but I knew I could get off at Treasure Island > and turn around without paying the toll. The turn-around point was > just in front of the guard gate for a naval base. As I turned, I > saw this container ship and its tugboat getting ready to meet, so I > grabbed the camera, metered, and clicked the shutter. I thought I > wanted a longer lens, but I had a 24 mounted and didn't think I'd > have time to change lenses before the tug and the container ship > met up. > > I rather like the image, and after studying it for a while, I think > that 24 or 28 was the right lens instead of the 50 that I started > to reach for. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/pwic/grabshot3.tif.html > Leica M8, 24/2.8 Elmarit, f/5.6 @ 1/1000, ISO 160, no filters. > > The Gallery software doen't like TIFF files; you can see the > cropped but not scaled TIFF image at http://reid.org/~brian/images/ > grabshot3.tif. > > The copy that I'm keeping in my archives has the horizon > straightened, but I wanted all of you M8 haters to be able to see > the pixels pretty much as they came out of the camera, give or take > some color balance and levels adjustments. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >