Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well I sure felt like the grinch Ted. But then I see your images and say, "That's a GREAT image!!!". And, KISS, that's all that matters! And so the lesson was learned by the grinch: it's all about the image! ;-) On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Crew, > There I was one day several years ago feeling just wonderful acquiring this > most incredible SUPER-WIDE 15MM Lens. Just tickled pink every time I shot > with it on my M cameras, film early days. Now M8 these past few years. > > Always feeling like "JOE COOL the SHOOTER" each time I used it and looked > at > the incredible captured W/A images. "REALLY?" :-( > > Yes there was a view finder to attach in the hot shoe to give you a bit of > an idea how wide the image might/would be. Well I put one of those thumb > winder things into the hot shoe mount on the M8. So I put the view thingee > in my bag. NEVER USED IT! Why? Well it was always a pain in the butt > finding > it in the bag or photo-vest pocket. Not to mention trying to remove the > thumb thingee. > > Besides why use one on a digital camera when you "CLICK" and there's the > image to check how it looks? Image looks "cool?" Carry on or whatever? THEN > I WENT TO JOSEMITE NAT. PARK. USA ????? READY?????????? :-) > > NO I DIDN'T LOSE IT. READY???????????? My dear friend Bob Adler enlightened > me one day "even though it's a 15mm WA lens rightly so. In reality on an M8 > it's only an 18MM LENS!!!!!!!!!!" > > My eyes watered,;-) I felt like I was having trouble breathing! ;-) After > all these years on the M8 I've lost hundreds, nay thousands of millimetres > of view! HOW COULD THAT POSSIBLEY BE????????? Devastated, I blurted out > "EXPLAIN HOW THAT CAN BE?" Beginning to feel weak in the knees after all > these years I have been robbed of image size! ;-) > > In a lightening flash Bob responded! > > "It only has an "18mm sensor in the M8 camera!" I felt robbed and cheated > both at the same time. ;-) > > I gripped myself firmly, held the M8 close to my heart fearful I may throw > it away, as one might do with a cheating lover! ;-) I took several deep > breaths quickly realizing how to correct this devastating cheating camera > "SENSOR!" > > Dang, sometimes I amaze myself how quickly I find the answer to what > appeared a kind of theft from my photographs! The correction to the > devastating moment that a friend so callously enlightened me, so > un-expectantly! Bob? Yer bad!! ;-) ;-) ;-) BUT YER STILL ONE OF THE BEST > BUDDIES A GUY CAN HAVE! :-) > > "15mm WIDE ANGLE CORRECTON METHOD!" > To full 15mm lens capabilities??????? READY? OK so it's my method of > keeping it KISS and free? :-) Take one or two steps back! Look through > camera view finder, center the image, it looks cool and wide angle? > CLICK!! > Another winner! ?? Well? So ok maybe? However, always keep it KISS ! > > But in all honesty it did throw me off after the many years I've been using > this lens after I sold my LEICA 21mm wide angle lens. Aaahhhhhhh digital > stuff! :-) I'll never understand all this! :-) Besides who cares as long as > you capture that what excites you and keeps paying clients HAPPY! :-) > cheers, > Dr. ted :-) > > > > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler www.robertadlerphotography.com