Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Re: Macro work
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:54:28 -0700

It is most certainly not the lens. It is the technique. Macro work (with
medium or slow film) requires a tripod. Period!

Jim


At 10:29 AM 4/22/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Eno wrote:
>
>>When 'macro' comes to mind, so does tripod.  I hate tripods.  They are a
>>pain in the ass and can be very frustrating - I keep my M far away...   I
>>did much macro work with R7 60/2.8 Macro, and have had excellent results.
>>It's also a cheap lens (-er).  I have so many great macro shots, but they
>>are all tainted with a degree of blur that is unwanted.
>
>
>To what do you attribute the "blur."  Is it a characteristic of the lens 
>itself?--lack of tripod??
>
>MK
>