[Leica] Lens Choices - Final Installment

[Jim Nichols]

I'm not sure I ever saw Ted's tutorial.  What I have been told is that, 
if one gets the lens close enough to the wire, it will _almost_ 
disappear.  My experience has taught me that the short focal length 
lenses show the most wire.  A long lens, near the wire and focused some 
distance away, has little problem making the wire disappear. But, that 
long lens limits the angle of view.

So, we all make compromises. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 4/24/2015 11:22 AM, CJ andS wrote:
> 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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