Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fair enough dear Lady! Jeeeeesh! I can't find anyone that'll even pay that amount! :-) >From a testing point of gear my whole life I think I only had a look at two things? What does an image look like wide open and stopped down at 22? All the rest was what does the content really look like on the very next assignment? That's a client paying shoot! I kind of always had great trust that I was using "LEICA STUFF=== THE BEST IN THE WORLD???" It'll work beautifully! And that pretty well was and has been the case. Other than an R4? Naw I won't tell that story again. :-) cheers, ted -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina Manley Sent: November-30-15 2:07 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: Comparing SL and M240 and 19R and Noctilux I would love to, Ted, if I could just find one of those "well paying clients"!! There don't seem to be any around anymore. I am going to quit testing, though, and go out and take photos of my chickens and geese and guineas and ducks and cats and dog. We do have a shortage of people around the farm but Tom is painting the front bedroom. Maybe somebody will pay me another $1.74 for 5 years use of a photo of Tom painting! Hope you are well! Tina On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Crew, :-) > I've got an even better idea???????? :-) > Just go out and take nice content winning photographs the content blows > people away! And save a lot of wasted time fiddling! > > Yeah yeah OK I'll go away as I don't read! I just take photos and have > fun... KISS! Folks as that beats the heck out of all this testing you'll > probably forget in the "HEAT OF AN ASSGNMENT" for a well paying client! > :-) > :-) Aw, that feels better!:-)Have a nice day! > cheers, > Dr. ted :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf > Of > Jim Nichols > Sent: November-30-15 12:56 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: Comparing SL and M240 and 19R and Noctilux > > 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 > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://t.sidekickopen29.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgf mKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistweb sites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=a4208443-9cd7-45c2-d75d-fc26f8bf3701> www.tinamanley.com http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. 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