Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi all Leica-philes, Well, it looks like everyone is rather excited at viewing a selection from my engagement photos with the Princess Sarah. I managed to shoot a lot of solid indoor shots which was quite an experience in itself. The pictures are located at: <a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=166980">LUSENET</a>. A little story about the pictures + relevant background. I took a lot of pictures of Sarah's roommate's cat Cassius and attempted to capture the emotions of the cat during its daily existence. I believe that the cat does mirror the personality of my princess too :). In fact, it loves Sarah a lot better than Kay, her roommate. Of the shots, only 3 pictures aren't taken by me. The 2 portraits of my sitting down in a chair "Portrait of Myself by Princess Sarah" and one where I am holding the cat "Sarah's Portrait of Myself with Cat" are both hers. I wouldn't be surprised if consistently she gets better focus than I do since my eyesight is rapidly declining into oblivion and only shows me why I need a good split-screen viewfinder in my Leica R4 (just like my Nikon F which is 10 times easier to focus) or the Leica M6. Of course, I don't know whether or not I can replace the viewing screen for my Leica R4 but I'm sure that if I get a Leica R6.2 or R8 I would have a lot less trouble. I am rather happy about my picture taking abilities. The exposure were all on point and shot at f2, f2.8, and once at f4. Exposure times were usually 1/30 or 1/60 for most of them and I am just grateful to get a ton of solid shots. The equipment used was my Leica R4 with recent 1991 Summicron-R 50:2 lens (the only R- lens I was able to afford) and I plan to procure the 28mm or 35mm lens later on hopefully. Apart from all that, I would welcome a lot of feedback on my photos if you wish to provide them. Other relevant news is that I just procured the FED 2f (or g, I don't remember) in navy blue in replacement of the much heavier FED 3 I am leaving on my bookshelf at home. I hope to get my Leica IIIF fixed up at DAG Camera repairs soon. Also I promise to post the black and white Tri-X pictures of my fiancee when I get those back from CBOP and scanned onto CD-ROM. Enjoy and have fun looking at my pictures (including the elephant picture influenced by Picasso). Leica-fully yours and (merry Christmas), Alfie CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This E-Mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this communication in error, please do not distribute it. Please notify the sender by E-Mail at the address shown and delete the original message. Thank you for your compliance. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html