Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > Your cats are nice, and i like seeing photos of them. They are convenient, and are accustomed to cameras. They never say, "Don't take my picture until I groom!" > In my opinion > these would be better if they had less noise. Yes, but they would be non-existent if I had not tried, nez pas? > I'm not criticising you > at all and I'm not "bashing" Leica. I didn't say bashing. I said "thrashing." > I still prefer my M8 to other > digital cameras. I'm just not prentending it, or the M9, are perfect. > Well, my M8 is not perfect. However, I would have to spend a fortune to really start understanding this 21mm lens with film. I had one before, and did not love it, so sold it to GeeBee. But i was shooting film then, and I dd not get what the lens could do. I thought it was too bulky. > > Marty > > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> I agree that it's the #1 area for improvement for Leica. > >> > >> In B&W, I can get much finer grain than this out of Delta 3200 or TMZ > >> at comparable EIs. > >> > > > > Yeah well, I probably could have done the shot better with a faster lens, > > and maybe with my M6 and Fuji 1600 Natura, but I was trying to see what I > > could get out of the 21mm Elmarit, (new to me) That's the only reason I > > posted the equipment, the shutter speed, iso and f stop. I'm pretty happy > > with the outcome. > > > > Why does the criticism here often drift from the quality of the shot, or > > the accomplishment to a thrashing of Leica? > > > > I often shoot pictures that include cats and I shoot pictures that > feature > > flowers. The funny thing is that some people avoid my pictures, and > > others who shoot the same subjects, because they "don't like cats" or > "don't > > like flower pictures." > > > > Hey folks, in my case, it aint about the cats and it certainly not about > > the flowers. > > > > It is about the picture, the lighting, and the composition, and seeing > what > > I can do with my equipment, my lack of mobility, and what is at hand to > > photograph. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Sonny > > http://www.sonc.com > > http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > > > 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA