Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: New Photo Site (followup and comments)
From: ternahan <ternahan@sonic.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 18:23:42 -0700

there we are....must use Leica glass for framing our work....

Andrew,
your site is great! love those coiled ropes!

t

> From: Andrew Nemeth <azn@nemeng.com>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:55:14 +1000
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Re: New Photo Site (followup and comments)
> 
> Arne Helme <Arne.Helme@stelvio.nl> wrote:
> 
>> Andrew Nemeth also asked about flare.  I deliberately kept the sun out
>> of the shots to avoid flare.  There are simply to many undesired side
>> effects of flare and I don't want to provoke flare more than
>> necessary.
> 
> Ah, but you don't know what you're missing!
> 
> (Some) Leica glass is designed to cope brilliantly
> with flare.  Indeed, it is precisely because of this
> that I dumped my Nikon gear in 1998 and went Leica!
> 
> Some examples from my Southeast Tasmanian project
> from last year.  All of these following are seamless
> 360-degree panoramas shot with a Leica Fisheye-Elmarit
> 16mm:
> 
> <http://4020.net/cgiz/secape.pl?s=7mfr>
> 
> <http://4020.net/cgiz/secape.pl?s=8mfr>
> 
> <http://4020.net/cgiz/secape.pl?s=9mfr>
> 
> There is simply no way the Nikon 16mm equivalent would
> have coped with the sun directly into the lens.
> 
> Which is why I was interested in how well the R 19mm
> and especially the new R 50mm Summilux handled the sun.
> 
> 
> Regds,
> 
> 
> Andrew Nemeth
> 
> <http://4020.net>    -> photos, 360° panoramic vrs, sounds
> <http://nemeng.com>  -> vr java applets, leica faq, tech info
> 
> 
> 
> 
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