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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Takumar 50/1.4
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 02:25:27 +0000
References: <cc53c49a-527b-07fc-14c1-9a318c7d1733@lighttube.net>

Good catch of the reaction from your son, but it looks a bit soft or 
OOF, Jim. Maybe the shutter speed 1/60th was just a little too low, and, 
of course, the XT-2 could easily take a higher ISO than 1250, I'd 
imagine. I see the camera thinks you had a 250 mm lens on it :-)

Douglas




On 12/03/2017 21:07, Jim Nichols wrote:
> I have always been impressed by the results I got from the old Pentax 
> Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4 lens.  While watching softball on 
> TV, I shot a few images from my recliner, not worrying about being 
> square with the subject.  I played with Exposure Adjustment to try to 
> get somewhere near the correct light.
>
> I was impressed, once more, by how the lens performed on the X-T2.
>
> My son, giving me the latest news from his iPhone 7:
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170312-DSCF0918.JPG.html
>
> Sharpness, from a crop of details above the fireplace, shot at an 
> angle, with distortion corrected:
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170312-DSCF0909-1.jpg.html
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>



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