[Leica] New postings -> Ted

[Lluis Ripoll]

Hi Ted,

Thank you very much! I really appreciate your comment and the point you are signaling is not the first time I receive similar advices. The reasons? First at all my fault for non react about this important point, other reasons… I never - or almost never - carry a telephoto, I own a Telyt 4/200 and there is more than one year I’ve not used it, I had a 135/3.4 Apo Telyt (superb lens) but I was using  it very few and I’ve sold it, on the other hand on the small streets I love go it is rare the successful possibility to use a telephoto. A Monopod…?, it is a good idea if I was using telephoto lenses… When I’ve shoot this photo, 25 years ago… I was 44 … a good age to carry a big lens, in that time the longest lens I had was the lovely Apo-Telyt 180/3.4 and for my usual work on the streets my usual lenses was the 50mm and the 35 mm, I can say that actually it is almost the same.

But your observation about keep the background out of focus is a very good recommendation and even actually using 35 and 50 mm lenses I shall remember and apply it, I don’t have the Noctilux but I think I can do a decent work with my Summilux 50 or 35 wide open, for me they are more fast and comfortable to use than a telephoto.

Thank you for your advice, I will keep it in my mind!

Cheers
Lluis


El 03/12/2014, a las 19:54, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> escribió:

> Subject: Re: [Leica] New postings
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/lluisripoll/15739066488/in/photostream/
> 
> Hi Luis,
> I like this one the best. :-) The painter.
> 
> A suggestion if you ever come across this same scene, same location?  MAYBE?????? Would require some extra gear? ;-) Sorry.. A bunch of gear! :-)
> 
> It would require a Leica long lens and probably an SLR?  Using the 280mm f2.8 ? Also trying the 1:4 extender making the lens an f4. 400mm? Or the 2X extender making the lens a 560mm, f5.6 OR wild and crazy... Using both extenders creating an f. 8.0  800mm lens. You can hand hold this if you were 30 years old. :-) Yep been there and hand held it like that a long long time ago! :-) aaahhhh The wonderful days of youth and long glass! :-) 
> 
> However I strongly suggest a monopod for best results. Yeah someone will say use a tripod!! NEVER ! They're just a big pain in the butt if you are shooting on the street! The monopod is bad enough as it slows you down from a quick KISS shot!
> 
> Using the lens wide open.. this will make the background quite out of focus behind the painter making him standout quite sharply from the all out of focus back ground. OR maybe not?? What the heck, I'd give it ago if it were me. Sometimes you only learn if it works or not by shooting it!
> 
> Yeah I know it's easier to describe than to shoot it! :-)
> 
> But if all the gear were available it might be an interesting effect?  MAYBE? :-)
> 
> cheers,
> ted
> 
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