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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Another Seasonal Sight
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:48:55 +0200
References: <D4C13AF8C6F049808C05EAE746AEE0C2@jimnichols> <9EFE448D-EB93-45FF-AAB6-153806D06CBA@gmail.com> <53E2A980A20A40D69603449F23F35828@jimnichols>

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
>>>
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