[Leica] IMGs: Farmers' Market at People's Park
Jim Nichols
jhnichols at lighttube.net
Mon Mar 13 20:30:31 PDT 2017
Nice work, Douglas. My first lens was a 50/3.5 coated Elmar, and I used
it for years, and still have it, though it needs a CLA. I understand
that the 2.8 is even better.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 3/13/2017 8:34 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> To see how the Elmar performed on people in crowded spaces, we headed
> off to Sunday's Farmers' Market at the People's Park in Dun Laoghaire
> which was much busier that I expected. The lens cap was needed due to
> frequent light showers, and proved very hard to take off in a hurry.
> Turned out later that it was one that seems to work better on my 35mm
> Summaron. I probably got them mixed up while they have been resting :-)
>
> The lens itself was fine, but the focal length, if you wanted to get
> focus perfectly on people from head to toe, was just a bit too long.
> With the crowds scurrying around, many photo opportunities were wasted
> as out of focus personages drifted between the camera and intended
> subject. I guess I'm a 35mm kind of guy and like to see the whites of
> their eyes. As a result, I had to dump a fair few shots.
>
> Here are 17 okish shots.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Dun+Laoghaire/DL+120317+a1+food+queue.jpg.html
>
> and then click to the right... sixteen times.
>
> Sony A7ii with Leica 50/2.8 Elmar. Can be seen LARGE.
>
> Today, I put my sixty five year old Canon Serenar 35/3.2 on the Sony,
> so we'll see how that one goes. The camera now fits in my pocket.
>
> Douglas
>
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