Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff, I just found time to take another look at it - you're right, the chimes are almost vertical - I didn't notice that. I believe I mentioned that it was shot with a lens that cost less than 2 pints of beer, and is possibly not much better than the bottom of the bottles they're sold in - a 50mm kit lens from a Pentax P-30 - so I've no idea what the performance is like at various apertures and this is the first shot with it since I got an adapter for PK-mount to EOS. It's a purely one-off, point & shoot snapshot with a Canon 20D (without anything much except a bit of cropping) just to let people know what the weather is like here - with no pretentions of quality, neither technical nor artistic. If the snow stays and I find the time (and the inclination), I'll maybe try the same shot again as a comparison with an Olympus 50mm I recently picked up second hand with an OM-10 for 20 euros, and a bunch of other 50mm lenses out of my cabinet, maybe Zeiss, Leica, Canon, Rollei, Yashica and Topcon, just to see how they cope with getting a little more texture into the snow. Enjoy the sun at the other end of the world while it lasts, there's more cold, wet, white stuff forecast for here tomorrow. Try some iced porridge for breakfast ;-) Best from Hannover Douglas Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > In the spirit of more detailed critiques I must comment. > The impression that you have, Jim is from the prominent posts of course but > actually they are not vertical in the ground. In fact it it needs to go > CLOCKWISE a little for true vertical ;-) (see the suspended wind chimes > hanging from one post!) > The snow hasn't retained any texture at all and of course this is a classic > exposure challenge and really white balance sensitive. > I guess that it's good oatmeal eating weather ;-) ;-) I think I'll stick to > sunshine, barbecue, beer and swimming pools. > 2009/12/19 Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > > >> Hi Douglas, >> >> Enchanting scene! Now, from a critique standpoint, you should have >> rotated >> it about 3 degrees ccw. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at >> gmx.de> >> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 6:10 AM >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: First snow in Hannover >> >> >> >> Just a quick snapshot in the garden before I started clearing the snow >> >>> from the driveway. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/196869-1/Snow_2009_1.jpg >>> >>> Am I glad that I work from home :-) >>> >>> I hope the weather is better wherever you all are. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Douglas >>> >>> Technical stuff: Canon 20D with an SMC Pentax-A 2/50mm I picked up at a >>> charity shop. >>> >>> >>> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > >