Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the description of the technique. You have really mastered it. I would not have guessed that the camera was mounted vertically. That must add more difficulty to the leveling process. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 28: beach, boobs and other things > Thanks Jim. Regarding the panorama, the settings are constant throughout. > I set the 35mm lens at f11 and focus on infinity, manual shutter speed > according to conditions, usually 1/500 sec. in the sunny scenes like this > one, and rotate the camera on a Manfrotto 300N panorama head, which has > click stops that you set according to the angle of coverage of the lens > to ensure that you take just the correct amount of pictures with the > correct overlap. In this case, it was 9 pictures (the camera is mounted > vertically). Another very useful accessory is a levelling base. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > On Jul 20, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> Nathan, >> >> Very nice. I am surprised that, in the pano, you can cover such a wide >> range of subject distances and keep it all in focus. Do you vary any >> camera/lens settings as you rotate? >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at >> frozenlight.eu >> > >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; <leica at >> freelists.org>; >> "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net >> > >> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:55 PM >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 28: beach, boobs and other things >> >> >>> As opposed to the week before last where I had pictures from Warsaw, >>> Villajoyosa etc., this time I have only pictures taken within 2 km of >>> my home. If you do not like topless women, perhaps you should skip >>> this PAW. It is not my fault; my wife made me go to the beach with her >>> Sunday afternoon, and just about the only beach actiivities I like is >>> drinking cold beer and checking out the flesh being roasted... >>> >>> http://www.fotocycle.dk:80/paws/?page_id=268 >>> >>> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. >>> >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>> >>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >