Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice walk. ?Farmers market? seems a bit of a misnomer, though. It looks way more upscale than a real farmers? market. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 14 Mar 2017, at 02:34, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > To see how the Elmar performed on people in crowded spaces, we headed off > to Sunday's Farmers' Market at the People's Park in Dun Laoghaire which > was much busier that I expected. The lens cap was needed due to frequent > light showers, and proved very hard to take off in a hurry. Turned out > later that it was one that seems to work better on my 35mm Summaron. I > probably got them mixed up while they have been resting :-) > > The lens itself was fine, but the focal length, if you wanted to get focus > perfectly on people from head to toe, was just a bit too long. With the > crowds scurrying around, many photo opportunities were wasted as out of > focus personages drifted between the camera and intended subject. I guess > I'm a 35mm kind of guy and like to see the whites of their eyes. As a > result, I had to dump a fair few shots. > > Here are 17 okish shots. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Dun+Laoghaire/DL+120317+a1+food+queue.jpg.html > and then click to the right... sixteen times. > > Sony A7ii with Leica 50/2.8 Elmar. Can be seen LARGE. > > Today, I put my sixty five year old Canon Serenar 35/3.2 on the Sony, so > we'll see how that one goes. The camera now fits in my pocket. > > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information