Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Rei, I can't remember the relation with the Bar.... Cheers Lluis El 15/11/2009, a las 19:26, Rei Shinozuka escribi?: > Here's my 6 month belated reply to Phil's email. The DLux4 can > indeed take filters. The front decorative ring at the front of the > lens screws off to reveal a 45mm thread. From ebay I got a cheapie > kit which contained adapter, filters, fisheye and telephoto > accessory lenses, and shade. I don't really use it much, except for > the fisheye (which they call wide angle) for fun. anyway, this is > how it mounts: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/techie/xL8665432.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/techie/xL8665433.jpg.html > > -rei > > > Philip Clarke wrote 4/19/2009: >> The DLUX 4 is sharp, seems flare tolerant, doesn't have an >> accessory for >> putting on filters though. It does macro down to 1 cm which is >> insane. >> The image stabilaisation is great although I can imagine the >> "discussions" over the choice of words because Panasonic call it >> Mega-O-I-S Leica has dropped the "Mega" but I reckon they'd have >> been a >> lot happier with "anti-shake". I have the accessory viewfinder for >> it so >> that I can hold the camera to my eye and maintain eye contact with >> the >> subject, but I don't like it, I've just bought a GR-V1 Ricoh >> accessory >> viewfinder and that feels better. I find the leica one is just too >> tailored for the 24mm end of the zoom with no markings for other >> focal >> lengths, the Ricoh one has markings for 21 and 28mm but is "wrong" >> possibly because of sensor size differences or formats, but inside >> the >> 28mm brightline is much nearer to 35mm which at least I can "imagine" >> the angle. The trouble with digi-compacts is you end up holding >> them at >> arms length and your subject is looking at your "eyes" while the >> photos >> being taken two foot downwards. >> >> A major flaw with the DLUX is that the zoom is "stepless" between >> 24mm >> f2 - 60mm f2.8 (pretty much every else is f2.2 in between), I find >> this >> irritating because I want to knock the zoom to telephoto once and >> have >> it hop to the next focal length unless I ask it to otherwise (already >> put in comments to Leica about this), because my wife's Ricoh does >> this >> so I'd like the option in the next firmware update. Also it does not >> retain focal length settings when you turn the camera on and off, I >> prefer 28mm about 80% of the time and it hops back to 24mm, it has >> multiple options for custom settings which is great but it still >> zooms >> back to wide all the time, i'd like setting one to have 28mm stored >> etc... The lens cap is okay, it takes me longer to drop my walking >> stick than take off the cap, it'd be useful if it has a lens hood, I >> never had caps on any of my lenses except the Canadian 90mm f2 (with >> tripod mount superbly sharp as well as the clumsiest lens ever made >> IMHO), the built in hood on that lens would slide down if placed in a >> Domke, I had the square hooded 28mm and the 35mm f1.4 with the cuts >> out, >> some kind of clip on on the 50mm. Anyway, it would be better if the >> D-Lux could have a hood. I have the handgrip on order as I used to >> use >> the M6's with them, one with a grip machined in america before Leica >> started making them. >> >> If you haven't seen it, it is tiny, which is good for me as I can't >> carry an M6 any more, it 294 grams with the external viewfinder and >> battery. The buttons aren't that fiddly to use, there's program shift >> which I have biased towards f5.6, aperture priority, it has >> "intelligent >> iso" that biases the iso selected towards reducing camera shake and >> "ISO >> Auto" that seems to bias it towards quality. It's got spot metering >> and >> 9 ? segment AF but I have it jammed on the centre high speed AF and >> multi-zone metering, I trust it to set the exposure and trust >> myself to >> override it. A good thing is the shutter dial has a big difference in >> indentation between SCN (scene mode) and custom mode, so it can be >> used >> in total darkness and set to whatever settings are needed. Might >> sound >> stupid to some people but I am learning the camera by touch in the >> dark, >> which is exactly what I did with the M6's and comes in useful at the >> theatre or stuck in a gloomy Moroccan toilet with a load of marijuana >> and some jittery armed Tauregs. >> >> Because of the external viewfinder it is Leica "like", colour >> rendition >> certainly is, at the end of the day it's a small compact with a sharp >> fast wide lens and macro facility so it ticks all the boxes unless >> you >> like long telephoto shots. >> >> >> Philippe AMARD wrote: >> >>> Well, better change the title, or even better would be to start a >>> new >>> thread if we don't want to get confused between two monarchies ;-) >>> >>> I agree with George. >>> The other shots are more of the classic framing, even though their >>> compositions are very clean and appeal to me. >>> The D-4 sems to perform well in your hands too. Rather sharp, and >>> excellent colour rendition on my PC at least. >>> I was surprised to see that it can shoot as low as ISO 80. >>> >>> Oh yes, the blur on blooms - like it too. >>> But I must be biased to Fuzzysomethings. :-D >>> >>> I'd be happy to see more of these when you can. >>> Take good care of yourself. >>> Bien cordialement de Metz >>> Phili^^e >>> >>> >>> >>> George Lottermoser wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi Philip, >>>> >>>> Thank you for showing additional photographs, >>>> and for contributing more images to the "assignment." >>>> >>>> "Insolvent business, Pinner UK, 18th" >>>> struck me as the strongest of the group; >>>> for it's asymmetry and strong lines, >>>> as well as for the "different" quality of the subject. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> George Lottermoser >>>> george at imagist.com >>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>>> >>>> On Apr 18, 2009, at 7:47 AM, Philip Clarke wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> So here's the funny thing, my wife's working and I'm not >>>>> normally out >>>>> alone, so on the way to pick up some medication from Tesco >>>>> Pharmacy >>>>> (British supermarket chain) I see the glassworks, feel the DLUX >>>>> in my >>>>> pocket and reckon I feel well enough to take some images. (the >>>>> images >>>>> are backwards in the portfolio and moving seems limited to >>>>> between albums). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Walking out of the Pharmacy and bearing in mind Daniel Ridings >>>>> portfolio, I find this on the postbox advertising. Lucky Yes, >>>>> but if I >>>>> weren't looking... >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Philip+Clarke/18th_April_2009/ >>>>> L1010241.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> This was taken with the camera above my head as it's quite high >>>>> on the >>>>> wall, note the focal length is not to the full extent either >>>>> way, I >>>>> found the image moved into position and then chose the focal >>>>> length. >>>>> It's gracious that nervous people are always welcome but good to >>>>> have a >>>>> safety net. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I walk along to the Glassworks, it's not really suitable, >>>>> because it is >>>>> a rare and beautiful sunny day in the UK, Really I need a >>>>> polarising >>>>> filter in front of the lens to reduce the distractions in the >>>>> windows, >>>>> but it's passable, and I'm slapbang in front of the door to stop >>>>> my >>>>> reflection being there. I'm using a 24mm equivalent and pointing >>>>> the >>>>> camera dead centre to avoid perspective shift (some of the floor >>>>> and >>>>> flat windows above have been cropped) although not 100% >>>>> successful as >>>>> can be seen by the slight divergent parallel line to the top >>>>> right. >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Philip+Clarke/18th_April_2009/ >>>>> L1010243.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> As I walk back along Pinner Green (you can do a google maps >>>>> search), I >>>>> shoot the advertising sign for window blinds on a wall without >>>>> windows >>>>> that I saw when walking to the glasworks. The camera is above my >>>>> head >>>>> this time to avoid divergent bricks. This is at the 60mm setting >>>>> standing on someone's lawn and has been cropped slighty to >>>>> reduce the to >>>>> the sign and wall, any different composition leads to the >>>>> guttering >>>>> above the sign being shown. >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Philip+Clarke/18th_April_2009/ >>>>> L1010245.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Walking back towards the pharmacy I now shoot another insolvent >>>>> business, this one has a big sign by the bailiffs in the window >>>>> but >>>>> that's too obvious. The piled up letters is a better picture, I >>>>> use the >>>>> diagonals and the cameras on 4:3, I'm continually having to use >>>>> program >>>>> shift because the camera wants a wider aperture. The reason the >>>>> opening >>>>> times sign stands out so much is because of an internal shadow >>>>> in the >>>>> shop, that was intentional it doesn't show from the other side. >>>>> I did >>>>> consider cropping this but then it doesn't show the emptiness of >>>>> the >>>>> shop. You'll notice the word closed appears distinct, I've >>>>> joined it to >>>>> an envelope but used the shadow and blank space on the floor to >>>>> make it >>>>> more apparent. None of these pictures have been "printed" btw, >>>>> they have >>>>> been adjusted for contrast and color balance slightly and had some >>>>> reduction in saturation levels. >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Philip+Clarke/18th_April_2009/ >>>>> L1010246.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The next one is just outside the Tesco and my back would have >>>>> been to it >>>>> when I walked out. I like the irony. This "new way" to shop on a >>>>> old >>>>> sign with an advert for "nearly new" clothes beneath, on an old >>>>> wall >>>>> with the shadow of a barbed fence (thereby making it impossible to >>>>> shop), is just my subtle sense of humour. The image was taken >>>>> from a >>>>> bush that I had to climb into. I have three different shots, one >>>>> of just >>>>> the signs, one taken from over the barbed wire after this one (I >>>>> gained >>>>> access through the car park) and this one. The exposure is >>>>> correct but >>>>> looks wrong because the wall isn't white, this has had some >>>>> burning in >>>>> to reduce the patchiness of the paint. The tree framing the top >>>>> and the >>>>> bush at the bottom are deliberate to keep the eye in the frame. >>>>> Viewing >>>>> the EXIF data, you'll note that I'm not going to the extremes of >>>>> the >>>>> telephoto end (nor the wide), any further right and the tree trunk >>>>> bisects the sign, any further left and edge of the spiked fence >>>>> goes, >>>>> there are some divergent lines, I could have tried holding the >>>>> camera up >>>>> a little higher if my arms were working after this walk. >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Philip+Clarke/18th_April_2009/ >>>>> L1010251.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I got myself home and thought bugger it, I haven't done a flower >>>>> photo. >>>>> And about 50 metres from the house is a cherry blossom tree. It >>>>> rained >>>>> last night and the blossoms on the ground are past their prime, >>>>> shooting >>>>> the tree would have a view of a road and quite probably an H12 >>>>> bus. We >>>>> already know it's blue skies and 1/250 at f5.6 ISO 80 so I find >>>>> the >>>>> blossoms in the shade, hoping that I'm going to get a slow >>>>> enough speed >>>>> to let the wind add some movement and I fail to get a slow >>>>> enough speed >>>>> it's got even brighter and is now 1/250 at f8 ISO 80 in the >>>>> shade and I >>>>> have to underexpose by a stop to keep the picture dark as it's an >>>>> entirely shaded area and start shaking the camera and you can >>>>> see from >>>>> the frame numbers that something's gone wrong because I've >>>>> skipped from >>>>> 10251 to 10263 for the last picture, I am shaking the camera at >>>>> the >>>>> longest telephoto setting and I'm not getting enough blur and >>>>> then I >>>>> work out that I've left the Image stabilisation on and I'm only >>>>> moving >>>>> the camera in one plane. Lots of fiddling with the menu and it >>>>> gets >>>>> turned off and I get the shot I want. The picture gets colour >>>>> balanced >>>>> in photoshop and then flipped horizontally because upwards >>>>> moving lines >>>>> are move attractive. >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Philip+Clarke/18th_April_2009/ >>>>> L1010263.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have Chronic Pain Syndrome level 8 complication by Complex >>>>> Referred >>>>> Pain Syndrome, so I feel the pain from my legs in my left arm >>>>> and my arm >>>>> in my tongue, which is something you really don't want to have. >>>>> I can't >>>>> lift my elbows up now from that little jaunt and my left >>>>> shoulder will >>>>> dislocate inside the next 24 hours. I'll be partially paralysed >>>>> for 3 >>>>> days now which makes me pretty useless as a professional. That >>>>> area is >>>>> one that I have never walked along, I visit the pharmacy every >>>>> month so >>>>> that's ten times maximum. We (as in me and some other >>>>> professionals) >>>>> used to play a game when we were young when we met up off- >>>>> assignment, >>>>> about going to an unknown place and fulfilling a brief, it kept >>>>> the >>>>> competition between us fierce and kept us sharp. Could I go to a >>>>> bar in >>>>> Barcelona and practice what I preach. I believe so. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> George Lottermoser wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> May we see some examples of your waiting and moving, Philip? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> George Lottermoser >>>>>> george at imagist.com >>>>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 17, 2009, at 7:54 PM, Philip Clarke wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> All of these pictures could be improve by waiting or moving. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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