Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jeffery, Thanks! Yes, "the tube" is the standard expression for London Underground, i.e. its subway. "Subway" in the UK usually means an underground pedestrian crossing. The absence of a rangefinder is surprisingly easy to deal with. Out of the 38 images on my test roll, perhaps one or two were affected by poor focus (and no, I was not shooting faraway objects all the time). The picture you like was at around 3 meters distance, f2.8 at 1/60 or 1/30. Nathan Jeffery Smith wrote: > All three are fine images. The nod goes to #1 because it has humans in it > and doesn't seem so stark and cold. What is a tube station? Like the subway? > > I wrestled with the idea of buying carrying around a Rollei 35S or a Minox > 35 (both use scale focusing), but I was afraid that I'd never be able to > accurately estimate close-ups. Both cameras are probably overpriced (the > Rollei new is thousands because they make so few of them, and they all seem > to be special editions). To give myself a little experience with the idea of > gut estimation focusing, I bought a new Kiev clone of the Minox for $40. I > haven't shot a roll yet, but am anxious to see how good or bad the results > will be. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Nathan > > Wajsman > > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 7:25 AM > > To: LUG > > Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 51 > > > > > > I always carry my M6 outfit with me, and many of my PAWs this year were > > taken on the way to and from work, during lunch breaks and in other > > unplanned circumstances. But sometimes even an M6 is too much camera, > > and for those occasions I have until now used a Ricoh GR1, a truly > > pocketable, good quality point & shoot. However, I always found it > > annoying to deal with the shutter lag (which seems an eternity compared > > to a Leica M) and also I find that the 28mm is not my ideal all-purpose > > focal length (on the M6, I use the 35mm more often than any other lens). > > So, a couple of weeks ago I bought a Rollei 35S on ebay for $170. It is > > fully manual, has a very nice 2.8/40mm lens made by Rollei under license > > from Carl Zeiss, and is almost as pocketable as the Ricoh. It does not > > have a coupled rangefinder, one has to estimate the distance, but in > > practice this is not too hard. So, this week's shots come from my test > > roll with the little Rollei, shot on Agfa Scala. I hope the LUG forgives > > the non-Leica content... > > > > First, Wednesday I was in London for a full day of meetings, but I did > > manage a few snaps, among them this one of children singing carols in a > > tube station: > > > > http://www.wajsman.com/51.jpg > > > > The two alternates are both from around my office in Zurich, showing the > > winter that finally arrived: > > > > http://www.wajsman.com/51alt1.jpg > > http://www.wajsman.com/51alt2.jpg > > > > I especially like the performance of the Rollei's lens on the second > > shot, the sun is in the picture but the flare still well controlled (any > > "glow" that may be visible is more an artifact of scanning Agfa Scala > > and is not visible on the original slide). > > > > The main PAW index is at: > > > > http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm > > > > and comments and critique are always welcome and appreciated. > > > > Nathan > > > > -- > > Nathan Wajsman > > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm > > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > > > > -- > > 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 - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html