Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/06

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Self-Portrait During Lens Checkout
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Tue Jan 6 22:13:14 2009
References: <9667A9CF459844178437B5F12DD17AFC@jimnichols>

Cool !
Focus is more on the camera than the man, but it works for me.
Have you tried to BW it?

In either case, Steve should include thisportrait in his gallery methink.
Philippe

Jim Nichols wrote:

>I finally decided to check out the Super-Multicoated-Takumar 50/1.4 on my 
>Oly E-510.  With no one else to use for an image, I decided to do another 
>self-portrait, though holding the camera below my face and guessing at the 
>field in view.  After several images were checked, I concluded that bald 
>heads don't add to images anyway, hence did a close crop.
>
>All told, the lens is a pleasure to use, and the results, notwithstanding 
>the model, were not too bad.
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Self-Portrait.jpg.html
>
>Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
>Jim Nichols
>Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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