Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru> wrote: >> having to pre-release the mirror for each shot (on my R6.2) is a major >> pain. > >Why's that? I got one of those neato screw-in buttons for the MLU and it >works as a charm for me (the whole MLU'd camera, I mean). Better still, I use a large straightened-out paper clip. Way cheaper and less chance of knocking the camera when doing the pre-release. Just poke the end of the clip into the hole and press lightly - works every time. (Thanks to Michael Gardner <mikeg@neca.com> for the tip!) My point here was not about the difficulty of doing one pre-release, but the hassle of having to do them for each shot in a sequence. With the F2A, just lock up the mirror and it stays locked up for the whole roll if you want it. >> do macro work >> (100mm Apo Elmarit) and my main working lens is the 16mm Elmarit > >Fisheye for main working lens?? I'm intrigued. Nothing to it. I work in virtual reality imaging and I have to capture the maximum amount of image per shot. The 16mm fisheye, when used in portrait format, gives me 120-degrees vertical and 91 degrees horizontal. Taking 8 shots in horizontal sequence, I end up with enough images with enough overlap so I can then 'stitch' them into a seamless 120-degree x 360-degree whole. Super-super wide angle. ;^) BTW, I went Leica a year ago (dumping my Nikon gear) just so I could use this lens! There aren't too many fisheyes out there which you can point straight into the sun with hardly any flaring. Not bad for a 25-year old design! >Is there a place on the web where we can see the results of you[r ...] work? <http://www.nemeng.com/vr> I also have a stills page at: <http://www.nemeng.com/photo> ... featuring older, pre-VR work. Currently I have up (Nikon) shots from my ex-eastern bloc visit in 1991-2. Finally, I have up an equipment page where I have shots and blurbs about the kinds of cameras, mounts and sound gear I typically use. <http://www.nemeng.com/equipment> >You're a team, right? No. I am a one-man outfit based in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney. Regds, Andrew Nemeth www.nemeng.com