Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for your details Jim. I see you have very good eyes, probably better than mines. Work with the Visoflex it is not so comfortabe as work with a reflex, I also operate hand held. Saludos Lluis El 11/04/2010, a las 21:53, Jim Nichols escribi?: > Hi Lluis, > > Thanks for the nice comments on the image. All of my shots are hand- > held, so focus depends on keeping the camera in the same place. I > focus with the lens wide open, then stop down to make the exposure. > At 1 to 2 feet, I generally stop down to about 5.6 or 8. Closer > than that, I stop down to around 11. I usually chose the ISO and > limit the stops so that I can keep the shutter speed above 1/100. > Sometimes, I choose the stop to limit DOF, basing it on what I see > in the VF. > > I have to admit that I get my share of out of focus images. I > usually try to take a few more than necessary, and discard the bad > ones when I get them on the computer screen. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lluis Ripoll Querol" > <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com > > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 2:40 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Another Seasonal Sight > > >> Hi Jim, >> >> Again a very good image, sharp and a good use of the DOF. >> >> Just today I've do some test with my M8 and the Elmar 65mm on the >> Visoflex and I see that I should do the focusing very carefully, >> sometimes my focusingf is bad, for me the 65mm is equivalent to a >> 90mm, for you your 60 is equivalent to a 120 and sharpnes is >> perfect. Do you work with some focusing help of the camera? which >> f stop do work usually?. When I shot macro I like work at 5,6 or >> wider. >> >> I want to post my tests. >> >> Saludos >> Lluis >> >> >> El 11/04/2010, a las 19:51, Jim Nichols escribi?: >> >>> Around the Mid-South, it is dogwood season. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Dogwood+2.jpg.html >>> >>> Comments and critiques welcomed. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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