Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just teasing. I looked at your shot details and saw that you were limited to f/5.6 with your lens ;-) My M8 went to subsidise my M9. Just got the yummy new Summilux 35 for it so that is my current project to shoot a lot with that. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 1 August 2010 15:31, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Thanks Geoff think I blur the line between 1.5 and 1.33 I'm not sure if > there is a worthwhile difference between the two crop circles. Not a chance > in hell I'd buy an M8 at this point you still using yours?. An M9 looks > very > good to me I'd love to get my Leica glass going again and have the option > of > looking looking through a rangefinder viewfinder again. > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > mark at rabinergroup.com > > > > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:18:05 +1000 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Lincoln Center Fountain silhouettes at night > > > > Mark it's a nice creation and the effect with the water as part of your > shot > > is striking. You caught a fine range of postures to add interest to your > > silhuoettes too. > > What a shame that you didn't have a camera with a larger Crop Circle with > > you ;-) ;-) > > You can get one with a 1.33x instead that takes the best lenses in the > world > > and works fine for that kind of shot, although they encourage you to get > > closer. > > > > Couldn't resist!!! > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com > >>> wrote: > >> > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/100704_225458.jpg.html > >>> > >>> > >>> I don't know how I got such tack sharp results shooting at 100th of a > >>> second > >>> with a 200mm focal length with a 1.5 crop circle factor camera at > night. > >>> But its the ultra compact 55-200 again. And so an effective at full > frame > >>> format 300mm @ 100th of a second! > >>> To me the dioramas presented by people in this At Josie Robertson Plaza > >>> Fountain; called The Revson Fountain every night are amazing. But I > >> usually > >>> have a wide on my camera. And luckily this night a week or two ago I > had > >> a > >>> long lens on. > >>> > >>> The people in the shot when they see me taking pictures of them off off > >> to > >>> the side assume I'm getting their faces. They don't know I'm just > getting > >>> their outlines. So its an unusual deal. I feel real brave because I > >> don't > >>> feel like I'm invading anyone's privacy. But THEY don't know that. Much > >> of > >>> what goes on at the fountain is people taking pictures of each other. > But > >>> with flash usually. Not at this moment though. > >>> And here I am standing off with a long zoom speaking with a student > with > >> a > >>> camera bag who had the same exact lens on her camera. Both the non VR > >>> version...who needs virtual reality when we have the real thing? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/11/100111fa_fact_seabrook?printab > >>> le=true< > >> > http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/11/100111fa_fact_seabrook?printab% > >> 0Ale=true > >>> > >>> Or > >>> http://tinyurl.com/38474c4 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Mark William Rabiner > >>> mark at rabinergroup.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > >> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > >> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > previous > >> replies in your msgs. ] > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 >