[Leica] New Lens

Mark Rabiner mark at rabinergroup.com
Sun Sep 23 07:34:58 PDT 2018


Paul there's a common mindset which thinks using a tripod is going to be like a rock and a chain around ones neck all day but when it comes to a lot of stuff like the kind of stuff you do it’s a freeing experience. It's great to be able to get your hands off your camera and pick any exposure from a second to a minute to an hour and play around with filters and different lenses and focus techniques and now worrying about holding your shot and re setting it up and holding still.. Everything seems way easy when your camera is frozen in space this new hand held deal is a crazy experiment which can be more of a hindrance than a help to spontaneity. 

 
 

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

On 9/20/18, 3:13 PM, "LUG on behalf of Paul Roark via LUG" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

    FWIW, for my landscape work I find f/11 diffusion impacts my large wall
    display prints.  So, I use my "dual focus" approach at f/8 most often.
    That is, I take one image focused fairly close, usually on a foreground
    center of interest, and then I quickly go to the infinity stop (which I
    calibrate carefully using the focusing Leica-M to Sony adapters).  Usually
    these will stack well in PS.  If the range is too much, I will sometimes
    use a mid-point shot also, but the more shots, the more problems with
    assembly because I usually work hand held. Also, to cover my inadvertent
    movement/aim of the camera, I might also do a series of infinity shots to
    be sure I'm covered.
    
    Paul
    www.PaulRoark.com
    
    On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:45 PM Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
    
    > 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!
    >
    >
    > --
    >
    > 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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