Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks. I will check with him. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 8:51 AM Jeffery Smith via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I think Stephen Gandy has a tech who can do that. I had a local guy adjust > mine only to find out that he "stands about 8 feet" from his wall, focuses > on a calendar, and uses that to adjust the rangefinder. I expect better > precision than that! > > > On Jul 22, 2021, at 8:17 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > > Do you know of anyone who can set the rangefinder of a Canon 7s right? I > > put an LTM lens on mine long ago, and it had mechanically messed around > > with the rangefinder, making focusing difficult. > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 8:37 AM Jeffery Smith via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi Jayanand, > >> > >> Actually it's the process. I put the LTM lenses on Canon 7s bodies, and > I > >> do stand development with Rodinal for 120 minutes when other developers > >> would take only 10 minutes. I like B&W from the 1940s to 1970s, so I > like > >> using the same equipment that was used then as well. I don't want > anything > >> sharper than HCB or Winogrand had. And, when it was still available, I > >> liked 777 developer, as scummy as it could look in the bottle. > >> > >> It's not all that strange. Players in baroque orchestras play on > valveless > >> horns, and there are CDs of piano music played on Clara Schumann's > piano. > >> If I sold my work, I'd probably have a much different perspective, > >> especially if sharp was expected. With every man, woman, and child in > >> advanced countries carrying a smart phone around, anyone can take a > pretty > >> good photo in color, in focus, and better looking than film. I want to > do > >> it the old way, the way I learned it in the 60s. > >> > >> I *do* have my limits. I won't shoot animals for food. I'd rather have > >> beef than deer. And I won't develop any film in coffee. > >> > >> Jeffery (the Dinosaur) :-) > >> > >>> On Jul 22, 2021, at 7:30 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > >> lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> As long as you are scanning film to digital, and processing for > >>> display/printing from there, it would be better to have crisp images > that > >>> can be softened any which way you want in PP, because the converse > (i.e. > >>> soft to sharp) might not always be possible. IMHO, it is always better > to > >>> have too much information than too little, the range of possibilities > for > >>> the final output is far greater. > >>> > >>> Of course, I am assuming here that the only important aspect is not the > >>> process or methodology, but the final output. > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> Jayanand > >>> > >>> On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 3:23 AM Jeffery Smith via LUG < > >> lug at leica-users.org> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Thank you very much! If I was shooting just cityscapes, buildings, > etc., > >>>> modern sharp lenses would be the way to go, but I'm increasingly > trying > >> to > >>>> get human faces into everything and I don't want sharp details to > >> distract > >>>> from the overall impression of the face. As Capa said, if the pictures > >>>> aren't good enough, you aren't close enough (paraphrased). It will be > >>>> interesting trying some SP with 90mm as the lens. > >>>> > >>>> Back home in Louisiana, I have some Leica 50s that are vintage > >> (Summarit, > >>>> Summitar, collapsible Summicron) and I wish I had brought them to > >>>> California with me. For now, it is the 90/4 Elmar and two very clean > >>>> Jupiters. > >>>> > >>>>> On Jul 22, 2021, at 2:14 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org > >>> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Yes! It?s a wonderful shot Jeffery, I?m also a lover of the old > lenses, > >>>> as Frank said the modrrn ones are too sharp, too crisp, I love the > >> Mandler > >>>> lenses. > >>>>> > >>>>> Lluis > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> El 22 jul 2021, a les 18:04, Jeffery Smith via LUG < > >> lug at leica-users.org> > >>>> va escriure: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks Lluis. You might remember the chess matches from about 2 > >> decades > >>>> ago. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jeffery+Smith/Chess-Match-4.jpg.html > >> < > >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jeffery+Smith/Chess-Match-4.jpg.html > > > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I just chose 6 of my favorites, based mostly on the children's > >>>> expressions. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The only lens I had with me was a 50/2.8 Elmar, but the room was > very > >>>> well lit up. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Jul 22, 2021, at 8:28 AM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG < > >> lug at leica-users.org> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> +1 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Great portraits, lovely work > >>>>>>> Lluis > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> El 21 jul 2021, a les 4:29, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > >>>> lug at leica-users.org> va escriure: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Alan, Jeffery > >>>>>>>> Both stunning portraits. Beautiful > >>>>>>>> Cheers > >>>>>>>> Jayanand > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 6:57 PM Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG < > >>>>>>>> lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Per the discussion on the Elmar 90mm f4 LTM, I think it might > >> almost > >>>> be too > >>>>>>>>> sharp for a portrait lens. I took this when my only lenses for > my > >>>> M3 were > >>>>>>>>> the 50 Summicron > >>>>>>>>> collapsible and this 1946 Elmar 90 that I bought for $49.00 in > >>>> 1974. The > >>>>>>>>> stop was f/5.6. View large and notice the stray hair on the > cheek. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> < > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/Charisse/19750712_MR_Charisse_2.jpg.html > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>>> Alan > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > >>>>>>>>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > >>>>>>>>> (Retired) > >>>>>>>>> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > >>>>>>>>> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > >>>>>>>>> amagayneroshak at gmail.com > >>>>>>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > >>>>>>>>> for an inability to notice. 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