Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mark! Thanks for viewing it with a benevolent yet professional eye. Yes it is the wonderful Leica D Elmarit, discontinued as good things go by. But the gear is immaterial. ISO 100 to prevent grain/noise. 2.8 to 'freeze' some of the forms painted with moving light, and to prevent a too long exposure when the sensor heats up (was still about 28?c at the time I was shooting, sorry not featured either in the metadata. I tried closing down to 5.6 but with less convincing results. Yes, photography is the art of compromise ... As uncompromising Luggers we all know this in spite of our endless quest for the perfect, ultimate gear or option. And sharing on the LUG is part of sharing opinions on our 'best' compromises, and learning from them. Your help is therefore much appreciated on this side of the pond where the temps are close to yours. I hope your Mac has finally made a safe landing. Bien amicalement Sweating Philippe in Strasbourg ======================================== Message du 19/08/09 22:06 De : "Mark Rabiner" A : "Leica Users Group" Copie ? : Objet : Re: [Leica] IMG: PAW 34 - Phx's - Nancy, Fr. > http://tinyurl.com/mkjn3c > Alternate > http://tinyurl.com/lm5yms > > Comments and criticism always welcome. > Salutations cordiales de Metz > Philippe > > > Gorgeous glow Wish it said in the metadata it was shot with a LEICA D VARIO-ELMARIT 14-50mm/F2.8-3.5 lens. But I read between the lines. And looked it up. And I wish I knew how much Leica was really involved with the making of that lens. Was it really their baby? Or did they sell Panasonic their name. Or split the difference? I have a feeling it was really Leica. ISO 100! Grainless! What is an L1 tripod? I Googled it. Came up ziltch. Wide open 2.8 on a big fat zoom at 4 seconds on a tripod I'd have gone for stopping down one or two and gone with 8 or 16 seconds and hoped for a better glow. That's the beauty of tripod shooting. You have all those options. Love it when the people are blurry because they are shifting around. Which right now a few are on the right. Get a Gitzo. Mark William Rabiner _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information