[Leica] Friday flower hw

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

Thanks, Jim. I find the 200 micro Nikkor very easy to use on the G1; 
it's the most used non-Panasonic lens I have on that system. I always 
like macro shots with a 400mm angle of view, and have the extension 
tube for the 400/560 Telyts. But those become 800 and 1120 macro 
lenses then, and that _does_ become difficult. Naturally, I've also 
tried putting the 560 Telyt with extension tube on the Bellows II and 
G1 for extreme macro, but that combo is definitely starting to get 
awkward, and I sometimes have trouble finding my subject through the 
viewfinder.

But the 200/4 is easy. Old age is starting to make inroads here as 
well, but maybe in other areas... :-). I can still hand hold the 400 
Telyt at 1/125sec for sharp shots for about a 50% hit rate.

The nice thing with digital is that if the subject is cooperative, I 
can take 4 or 5 shots in fairly short order and bring my percentage 
at 1/125sec up from 50% to over 90%, even without IS.

The magnolia blossom was so large that it was hardly a macro shot, 
and that makes it easier to avoid motion blur, and it also makes 
focussing accuracy as the transition of in-focus/out-of-focus isn't 
as drastic, and a slight wobble in the photographer doesn't ruin the 
shot as easily.



At 4:47 PM -0500 4/16/10, Jim Nichols wrote:
>Hi Henning,
>
>Nice photos, both of them.  I find that I have difficulty holding my 
>200mm steady on a 4/3 camera.  Maybe it is just old age catching up 
>with me.  How did you find the 200 to work for you?
>
>Jim Nichols
>Tullahoma, TN USA
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Henning Wulff" <henningw at 
>archiphoto.com>
>To: <lug at leica-users.org>
>Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 4:02 PM
>Subject: [Leica] Friday flower hw
>
>
>>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/flowers/P1060165.jpg.html
>>
>>  G1 with 200/4 micro-Nikkor, probably at f/5.6 at about 6m.
>>
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