Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 00:14:05 +0000 From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> Subject: [Leica] NZ PAW 26 To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Message-ID: <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E9C56DE33E at WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The half-way mark.... The Noctilux is recognized for its wide open looks, also a sharp lens stopped but....who has seen it used wide open as a close-up lens? I have been playing with the OUFRO (~10mm M-M extension tube) on the M, best with 75mm and longer but tried it with the Noctilux ;-) Wide open of course! http://johnmcmaster.com/PAW/2013/26 C & C welcome john ======================================================================================================================== I like the rope pictures. I think sometimes it's fun to go against tradition and use the wrong tool just to see what you get. I did something similar once with my 85mm f/1.5 Lithagon LTM mounted on my 30D: <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Color/MonkeyEyes_AMR.jpg.html> Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA POY 1978 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt