Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, with the rangefinder, you always crop a bit ;-) and the 18mpix allows lots of it in my experience ;-) > Apart from not focussing that close ;-) > > john > >> -----Original Message----- >> >> Wow that is tight cropping ;-) I love the intimacy of the first image, >> the >> second is very good, but I think you have 'centered' the pen in order to >> focus >> on it, and I would love to see another cropping of the image to >> eliminate the >> amount of dead space bottom left. I suspect you would not do this with >> the >> Rangefinder, where composition is so easy after you have 'struggled' to >> focus. I reckon a Monochrome with the nocti would handle this ;-) >> >> Alastair >> >> > My son is 23 and in his last year of the Masters programme in >> > Aerospace Engineering at the University of Bath. He is spending his >> > Christmas break with us here in Alicante, but he has been putting in >> > at least 3-4 hours a day doing this, including on the last day of the >> year: >> > >> > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A- >> Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2299239620& >> > k=BMv22wQ&lb=1&s=O >> > >> > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A- >> Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2299239724& >> > k=cQmKrkc&lb=1&s=O >> > >> > I am very proud of him. >> > >> > On a technical note: these images were taken at ISO 6400 and a >> > relatively wide aperture with a 100mm macro lens. Oh how I wish that >> > my Leicas could do something similar at such ISO speeds. When the >> > light is good, the Leica glass blows anything else away; but when it >> > is dark(ish), the inferior sensors let down those magnificent lenses. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >