Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric and Jim, Thanks much for the comments. I was impressed by the E-1's ability to nail the eye focus when I wasn't even certain of it. I wasn't expecting that for a 400mm (effective) setting using a zoom lens. Jeffery On Sep 14, 2010, at 8:54 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > And you got a highlight in the eye. Nice work! > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342 at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 8:02 PM > Subject: [Leica] Olympus 50-200 (was Re: (no subject)) > > >> I shot this at relatively low shutter speed (his mouth is blurred because >> he was chewing) with the 50-200 Olympus at the far end with the E-1. >> >> http://400tx.com/files/NOLABW/28.html >> >> Jeffery >> >> >> On Sep 14, 2010, at 7:54 PM, Peter Klein wrote: >> >>> I recently visited David Young, who many of you know from the Leica-R >>> list. David does wildlife photography. He's found that his E-3 with the >>> Olympus 50-200 zoom gave him excellent image quality, and significantly >>> more magnification per pound of gear carried. That "crop circle" has an >>> upside--it doubles your effective magnification. >>> >>> David has three large (16x20-ish) prints on his living-room wall. Could I >>> tell which ones were made with Leica equipment and which were with >>> Olympus? I couldn't. >>> >>> I can't agree with my friend Mark about the "crop-circle" thing. It's >>> about suitability for the job at hand, not suitability for everything. >>> There are some things that are 1Ds Mark-whatever territory, and >>> somethings >>> that are Leica M territory, and some things that are Olympus territory. >>> >>> One thing that is true is that the 4/3 DSLRs didn't really give us the >>> small and light footprint that was initially promised. That has fallen >>> to >>> micro 4/3. And for high-ISO noise, size does matter. >>> >>> --Peter >>> >>> Richard Man wrote: >>> >>>> B.D. still uses E-System, not quite a nobody. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> You would have thought they'd have paid off some names. They usually do. >>>> "they" being most camera companies. These people nobody ever heard of. >>>> Cept >>>> their Mom's. >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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