Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK, I was just looking at the Exif data. My bad! The bell post and rope always come out sharp. Nice focusing, in all cases. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 11/30/2015 3:02 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > They are made with the same aperture, Jim. The ones with the R lens never > recorded the aperture correctly and the M lens did not record correctly at > times but I deliberately used the same settings for series of photos. I > used f/8 for each camera and len and tried hyperfocal focusing but none of > the EXIF ever recorded an aperture of f/8. > > Tina > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > >> Tina, >> >> It is difficult for me to make comparisons of images from two cameras when >> one is shot at f/6.8 and the other at f/2. I think you need to select >> common settings for such comparisons to have any real meaning. DoF makes >> a big difference. >> >> Just my 2 cents. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> On 11/30/2015 2:34 PM, Tina Manley wrote: >> >>> PESO: >>> >>> I took some photos in the rain to compare the SL with the R19/2.8, the SL >>> with the 35/2.0 Summicron and the M240 with the Summicron. As I was >>> carrying the cameras out to the deck, I passed the kitchen scale so I >>> weighed them. The SL with no lens weighed 966 grams. The M240 with the >>> 35/2.0 attached weighed 961 grams, so not a huge difference. >>> >>> When I attach the M lenses, the SL automatically recognized the coded >>> lenses with no further attention from me. When I attach the R lenses, I >>> go >>> to the menu and tell it which R lens is attached. It recognizes the lens >>> but does not record the correct aperture. I know I took several at F/8 >>> and >>> used hyperfocal focusing, but none of them came up as having f/8 for the >>> aperture. >>> >>> The SL is much easier to focus. I tried out both the magnifying in the >>> EVF >>> and the focus peaking. Both work fine but the magnified EVF is much >>> easier >>> to see. You press the bottom right button once and it zooms to 100% in >>> the >>> EVF, press it twice and it zooms to 200%. Focus and touch the shutter >>> button and it zooms back out and takes the photo. >>> >>> With the auto-focus SL lens, there are several focusing formats to choose >>> from in the SL and you can also touch the screen and have it focus there >>> or move the toggle switch (they call it the joystick) next to the EFG to >>> choose a focus spot. I find the screen and the toggle switch to be >>> easiest >>> and fastest. But these are all manually focused with M and R lenses. >>> >>> The first one is an experiment with the Noctilux last night using the >>> magnified EVF to focus on Tom's eyelashes instead of the glasses frame. >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/image/161961923 >>> >>> The next three are straight from the camera as DNGs, converted to jpegs >>> as >>> they are exported with no other adjustments. >>> >>> Leica SL with 19/2.8 Elmarit R: >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161961755 >>> >>> Leica SL with 35/2.0 Summicron M: >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161961757 >>> >>> Leica M240 with 35/2.0 Summicron M: >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161961758 >>> >>> I did some bracketed exposures and merged the photos for HDR with each >>> camera and each lens. These are adjusted for color and exposure: >>> >>> *http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/leica_sl&page=7 >>> <http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/leica_sl&page=7>* >>> >>> The SL will also bracket the 3 exposures as DNGs and make a merged jpeg >>> from them automatically. I found those needed more adjusting than making >>> them myself. >>> >>> What do you think? >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >