[Leica] New Lens

[Mark Rabiner]

I love f11 more than the next guy and getting everything in focus - the best bokeh is no bokeh as far as I go but when everything is far and nothing is close all you're getting in focus is air molecules and water molecules and the tiny bugs who fly from molecule to molecule. I think a lens along the line of 16-35mm is a photogs most important optic in this state of the game looking at the year 2020 but ultrawide get everyone in focus stopped now just a couple say f5.6 and be there. Stopping it down more just makes for higher ISO's and slower shudder speeds and its where a lens starts softening up due to diffraction which is a detraction. So I would make for a different plan of action!
 

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

On 9/19/18, 8:44 AM, "LUG on behalf of Don Dory via LUG" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

    Hi Jim,  Just a point choir high resolution sensors such as you have;
    generally you are losing sharpness to distraction past f8.  Generally
    speaking especially with a wide angle you will get crisper images holding a
    larger f stop especially with Leitz lenses.  Definitely something to ask
    the engineers while we are in Wetzler this October.
    
    On Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 7:52 AM James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:
    
    > Hi, Philippe, and thanks.
    >
    > I shoot only DNG and import them into Lightroom for processing and then
    > export jpgs for posting.
    >
    > f/11 is my preferred aperture for landscape photography.  My next mini
    > project I’ll shoot wide open (f/3.5-4.5).
    >
    > Jim
    >
    > > On Sep 19, 2018, at 12:25 AM, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
    > wrote:
    > >
    > > Thanks Jim. Beautiful rendition, the four of them. and sharp!
    > >
    > > I have a few questions if I may.
    > > a) are these jpegs straight from camera? if not, what process/software
    > did you use?
    > > b) the lens seems to be stuck at f.11, is it deliberate? I’d like to see
    > some at full aperture when you have the opportunity to post more.
    > >
    > > In any case, keep the beautiful sights coming :-)
    > >
    > > Thanks in anticipation
    > >
    > > Amities
    > >
    > > Philippe
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >> Le 18 sept. 2018 à 23:06, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net> a
    > écrit :
    > >>
    > >> I received my Super-Varioi-Elmar-SL 16-35 lens yesterday.
    > >>
    > >> I christened it on an outing to Stone Mountain where I walked the
    > entire Cherokee Trail.  Here are four shots..
    > >>
    > >>
    > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/Cherokee+Trail/ <
    > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/Cherokee+Trail/>
    > >>
    > >>
    > >> Jim Handsfield
    > >> jhandsfield at att.net
    > >>
    > >>
    > >>
    > >>
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