Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Barney, I would agree. I don't have an M8, but I do have Leica lenses. I tried some shots a couple of days ago with a respected Takumar lens, loaded them on my computer, and was disappointed. I put the Elmarit-R 2.8/28 on the same camera, and repeated the shots, with what I felt were great results. More often than not, this lens comes through for me. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barney Quinn" <bjq1 at mac.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Sunday Trio > > Jim, > > Thanks. I will try. For e one important bottom line is that Leica stuff > really does work a lot better than we sometimes give it credit for > sometimes around here! :-) My M8 really came through for me today. > > Barney > > On May 3, 2009, at 10:06 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> Barney, >> >> You should do more of this. I find this to be a very good image made >> umder demanding conditions, given the windows in the background. If >> Michelle Obama hears about them, given her leanings toward diversity, >> they stand a good chance of a White House invitation. >> >> I've never used the 28 Elmarit ASPH, but I use the earlier 28 Elmarit-R >> in similar fashion on my Oly DSLR. >> >> Thanks for sharing. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barney Quinn" <bjq1 at mac.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 8:39 PM >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Sunday Trio >> >> >>> >>> Oh My God, he's done it again! Taken a picture with actual living >>> human beings in it! Someone send him back to the garden before he does >>> it again! :-) To compound my sins I used an actual Leica. Put on my >>> 28mm Elmarit ASPH, zone focused at f5.6, put the ASA at 1,250 and shot >>> away, just like we did in the days before auto everything. Kinda nice >>> using an eight thousand dollar box camera! >>> >>> My Cello teacher, Matt Tifford, and two friends, Sonya Haynes, >>> Violinist, and Ginny Lum, Pianist, have teamed up to form a trio. They >>> gave a performance of Beethoven's Trio Op 1, No. 3 along with the >>> Mendelsohn D-Minor Trio this afternoon. It was a great concert, and it >>> was a perfect afternoon for indoor Chamber music - grey, cool, and >>> rainy. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Trio.jpg.html >>> >>> Comments and criticisms welcome. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Barney >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >