Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, sure... ;-) On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. But I loved this pic on FB and I love it > here. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 22 Oct 2014, at 23:00, kyle cassidy on the LUG <leicaslacker at > gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > In reading lens reviews I?ll often see something like ?this portrait > lens really starts to shine at f5.6? and I think ?f5.6? who in their right > mind would ever stop down to f5.6 with a portrait lens? Open it up all the > way and solder down the aperture ring." But then occasionally I think ?eek, > my DOF is a little narrow there? and I resign myself to the possibility > that, occasionally, f4 is warranted if you want to get both the lion and > the gazelle in focus. > > > > Not that I?ll likely ever do it, but I?ll accept it may be true. > > > > Here?s a high res portrait that may or may not be sharp enough. > > > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2014/stars-flower-high-res.jpg > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Bob Adler