Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/06

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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 4/1/2013: flare in Barcelona (NOT)
From: scottgregory at mac.com (Scott Gregory)
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:30:59 -0500
References: <DCEB4A3F-81C4-44E1-9376-2F38F55AB869@frozenlight.eu>

Nathan nicely seen and captured. I've heard the summarit is a great lens and 
also the 90 summarit against the sun. 

Scott

On 2013-01-06, at 12:15 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> I do not talk much about equipment when posting my pictures. But sometimes 
> it is appropriate, and the PAD from the day before yesterday is one of 
> those occasions. I was in Barcelona with my children, and we were walking 
> along a narrow street in the old city in late afternoon. We were walking 
> straight west, and so the setting sun provided rich opportunities for 
> contre-jour imagery. I have to say that with any of my other systems, past 
> or present (Pentax, Canon, Panasonic etc.) this image would have drowned 
> in flare. But a Leica lens (35mm Summarit, their "budget" option in that 
> focal length) is something special:
> 
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2307323475&k=tHjDCSb&lb=1&s=O
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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