Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are right. With a manual focus lens, you can only choose A or M; however when I use A and I have the Noctilux set for 1.0, it records in the EXIF as 1.4 or 1.7. With the SL lens, I often used T because the P program chose a much slower shutter speed than I would normally use. Tina On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Frank Verizon <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > In S(T?) mode ( you set speed, camera sets aperture), using a MF lens, did > the camera actually set the aperture by itself? > I am wondering if there is some linkage from digital camera to mechanical > aperture on the lens....which I think there is not.... > My assumption is that when using a MF R lens, with the current adapters, > you must use Aperture preferred metering ( camera sets shutter speed, > people set aperture). > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > On Nov 30, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > Thanks, Frank. I tried several ways of handling exposure. I started out > using P and letting the camera set everything with the SL lens. With the > manual focus lenses, I chose between A for Aperture and T for shutter > speed, depending on the circumstances. I did not do too well using M for > manual because the EVF is so bright, I would forget to check the exposure > and severely underexposed everything! I found that when I set the camera > for P, it often chose an ISO of 50 and a much slower shutter speed than I > would have chosen, so I ended up using A or T for the SL lens also. > > The R9 with the digital back and no lens weighs 1402 grams. > The LS with no lens weighs 883 grams. > The Canon 1DMII with no lens weighs 1586 grams. > > The LS with the 24-90 lens weighs 2095! It's a heavy lens; however, the > Canon with my favorite Canon lens 85/1.2 weighs 2623 grams. It's a > monster! > > Tina > > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Frank Verizon <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > > > > I am delighted you like the magnified focus feature. It is my preferred > > method. (a7 and XE-1) > > > > An interesting comparison would be the weight of the new SL to the R you > > might own. > > > > How did the camera perform exposure? You did nothing, the camera handled > > everything? You set the lens f-stop, the camera set the shutter? You did > > everything manually, setting shutter speed and aperture? > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > On Nov 30, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 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 > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > http:// > > < > > > http://t.sidekickopen29.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=3f1c7a4e-c03b-4b6c-d0a4-595245935e69 > > www.tinamanley.com > > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// > < > http://t.sidekickopen29.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=f199002e-8b82-45b5-ba51-e2718b2ffa43 > > > www.tinamanley.com > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://t.sidekickopen29.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=eaf91286-2207-4b57-887a-059720630f87> www.tinamanley.com http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/