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Subject: Re: [Leica] Microprisms for R8?
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 21:55:08 -0800
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Alastair Firkin wrote:
>>> could I ask here about focusing a long lens at the Grand Prix,
> through a wire fence. I "failed" at that only a few days ago. I tried
> to focus the 70-180 on the white stripe on the track's surface, but
> it was a bit hard with the interfering wire. I ended up using the
> shimmering microprism, but the results were sadly "off", and since I
> was at f2.8, the results are "unforgiving". Not that images of
> colourful cars through wire fences is anything I'd want to brag
> about, but I did have to have a record of my "day"<<<<<<

Hi Alastair,
It's a piece of cake mate. And not a wire to be seen. Actually the colour
shot that made FOM2 of my grandson with dirt on his face while pitching at a
baseball game and wearing a yellow shirt was taken with the following
method.

1/ aperture wide open, that's a must for any lens using this method. Use the
shutter speeds for correcting exposure.

2/ When shooting, the lens must be right on the wire fence. No not the glass
touching, but certainly the outer ring of the lens. And keep it there while
shooting!  It doesn't matter even if there are cross wires right in front of
the glass you will not see them, nor will they show any distortion or
distraction to image quality.

And whatever you do..........Don't back away or the fence will show-up in
your frame and spoil your photograph. You must stay right at the fence, lens
touching! And you should come away with good pictures.

I use this method from a 100 macro to an 800 and not lost a frame yet due to
the fence across the front of the lens. Perfect frames after frames and you
have absolutely no idea there's fence between you and the action.

Shooting this fashion two years ago while my grandson was pitching in a
championship baseball game, one of the slides submitted to the stock agency
that represents my work, was sold for a major commercial, $8000.00 USD! :-)

My grandson and I have a deal............ every picture sold of him it's a
50-50 split and his goes to a university education fund. At the moment I'd
say he's doing just fine! ;-) Actually he's had a few more cheques besides
this one. :-)

So Alastair shooting through the fence, lens wide open, can bring fine
photos and nice monetary rewards! ;-)
ted

Ted Grant Photography Limited
www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant


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