[Leica] Lens Choices - Final Installment

[Mark Rabiner]

I think its flare going right into the lens which was printed down or
darkened. A hood could have helped but as the sun was almost on axis it
might have sneaked in there anyway. Its exactly the kind of thing that more
advanced multi coatings you're glad to have on your lens. Had it not been
for that you'd have gotten zilch.!


On 4/24/15 10:43 AM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the kind words, George.
> 
> I did almost no post-processing of those images.  I attributed the
> graying to one of two things.  I was shooting through and very close to
> a chain link backstop.  In moving around to frame the image, I'm certain
> that, at times, there could have been a wire in front of the lens.  My
> experience has been that the wire fence can cause gray areas like that.
> Also, the sun was getting low in the sky to my left, and I had no hood
> on the lens.  If the sun struck the front of the lens, there could have
> been flare.  Whatever, it really didn't bother me too much.  I primarily
> wanted the images to send to parents and grandparents who, because of
> all of the kids involved, were involved in three ball games on the same
> evening.
> 
> 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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