[Leica] Lens Choices - Final Installment

[Mark Rabiner]

Shoot wide open?


On 4/24/15 12:22 PM, "Christopher Saganich" <csaganich at gmail.com> 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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