Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html