[Leica] IMGS: SL with 100 Macro R Lens

[John McMaster]

Try comparing F8/f11 to f22, the latter is likely to be hit by diffraction
limitation

john

-----Original Message-----

I think you are right, Jim.  I tried some with a higher shutter speed:
http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161941652  and the next 3.  Better?

Thanks,

Tina

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Tina, I think shutter speed and shallow DoF are hurting your efforts 
> on some of these.  Regardless of the old rule of thumb, I would 
> suggest you try to use 1/200 with this lens.  I feel that the sharpest 
> image you showed is the feather with water droplets, which shows 1/160 
> at f/5.6.  That seems to be a sweet spot.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 11/27/2015 12:48 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> PESO:
>>
>> This is going to take some practice and lots of experimenting!  I 
>> just missed the focus on a lot of these and haven't figured out yet 
>> how to use the focus peaking on this camera.  Time to read the manual
again.
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161941231
>>
>> and hit NEXT 8 times.
>>
>> What lens should I try next?
>>
>> Tina
>>