Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 20:49 26/12/1996 -0500, Ken Wilcox wrote: >My wife has a TVS and likes it. (but not as much as her RE) The TVS has a >rather severe vignetting problem at the 28mm end of the zoom. Can be a >problem with chromes. > >kw > When you see the diameter of the lens, you will understand why it is slightly vignetting at 28mm. I don't consider this as a severe problem, as it disappears around f5.6. I seldom use the 28mm position, I prefer the classic, human eye perspective, 35 to 50mm. As I am shooting mostly in B&W, it is easy to "repair" the problem in the darkroom, if needed. The TVS is really an intelligent camera, which I like more and more. I bought it without "User Guide", so in the beginning I didn't know about the customizing possibilities. I got the booklet from Kyocera France, and I have now set default flash OFF mode when the camera is switched on. I have also set the default for autofocus to "focus when the shutter button is touched but not pressed" mode, which shortens the delay between shutter press and actual exposure. The delay now is theoretical. The Vario-Sonnar lens has the "glow", a bit more contrasted than the M-lenses though. But with the Tri-X and the photographic paper (Made in Japan...), "Oriental New Seagull Warm Tone FB-F VC", I get astonishing results up to 30x40 cm (12x16 inch)! That's good enough for me, so why should I ever again bother with an M (or an R)? Forgot to mention another book which came with the Olympus Mju-2 (Olympus Infinity-2?) P&S. "Paroles de Sages" or "Native American Wisdom" in a miniature edition, with some pictures by Edward S. Curtis. It's the story about "another" America, and it goes very well with my minimum photographic concept... Oddmund - --------------------- Paris, France e-mail: garvik@i-t.fr