[Leica] Lens Choices - Final Installment

[CJ andS]

Ted did a tutorial about how to shoot through a chain-link fence.  Does
anyone remember his technique?

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> George,
>
> Your question prompted me to do a little research.  I went through the
> full set of images, and, in one of my discards, the 45-degree angle of the
> fence wire is evident in the grayed out area.  Hence, it apparently
> depended on the wire's position with respect to the lens.  Actually, this
> was the best result of any combination of lenses and fence fire that I have
> attempted, and there have been quite a few.  If you center the lens on a
> fence wire "hole", of course, it disappears, but this is hard to maintain
> with a fluid scene at the plate.
>
> I also think I have solved the lens hood problem, as long as I keep the
> lens on a 4/3 camera like the E-1.  I have a Pentax hood that is made for
> the 135/4 lens, with the same threads as the 50/1.4.  On the E-1, with a
> field of view equivalent to a 100mm lens, there is no corner vignetting.  I
> just took it out and shot a few frames of tree tops and sky, and the
> corners come back clean.
>
> Thanks for asking.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 4/24/2015 8:36 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>
>> you caught some fine action Jim.
>>
>> do you attribute the "graying down" on the left of the action frames to
>> "flare?"
>> did you burn those areas in?
>>
>> a note off the iPad, George
>>
>> On Apr 23, 2015, at 8:47 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Well, I finished off the day by taking the E-1, set for ISO 800, and my
>>> lens of choice, a 1971 Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4 (7-element)
>>> to a twilight ball game.  I shot around 18 frames and got 4 keepers plus
>>> some backup shots.
>>>
>>> My gr-grandson, Bobby, got a hit, and I can even see the ball:
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/P4234493-1.jpg.html
>>>
>>> His team mate also got a hit, and drove him in from third base:
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/P4234496-1.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Bobby scored a run and I am in a position to capture the action:
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/P4234499-1.jpg.html
>>>
>>> All this time, Lauren and Charlie are enjoying a snack in the bleachers:
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/P4234484-1.jpg.html
>>>
>>> I'm now convinced that the lens is worth my investing in a better M42 to
>>> 4/3 adapter.  Looks like CameraQuest is going to make some money off of me.
>>>
>>> I appreciate your patience with me.
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
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