Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/03

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: Re: [Leica] photographic critique requested
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 09:11:06 -0500

Howard,

I think you already have the 'hang of it' even though the pictures are a bit
soft, I like them. Possibly using an 800 speed film to get the shutter speed
up a notch or two would probably help. Using a 1/15 or 30th and a 50mm
usually brings on some camera shake. Lets see some more.

sl


>  I'm still trying to get the hang of people photography with
> Leicas (or with anything else, but we aren't here to talk about
> artillery as photographic equipment <g>). I'd like to know what
> people think of the photos below, particularly what I could do
> differently next time to improve them.
>
>  These were all taken on 2 May 2002 at Walter Lawson's shop in
> Boonsboro, Md., as he repaired my Vienna horn. I used a Leica
> IIIf BD, 50mm f/2 collapsible Summicron, and Fuji Superia 400.
> Exposure was 1/15 or 1/30 at f/2, determined by taking an
> incident light reading with a Sekonic L-508. Light was pretty dim
> in the shop, much murkier than the pictures would lead you to
> believe.
>
>
> http://www.mindspring.com/~flagstad/horn/vienna/pics/g.lawson003.jpg
>
> http://www.mindspring.com/~flagstad/horn/vienna/pics/g.lawson001.jpg
>
> http://www.mindspring.com/~flagstad/horn/vienna/pics/g.lawson002.jpg
>
> http://www.mindspring.com/~flagstad/horn/vienna/pics/g.lawson004.jpg
>
>
>  Maybe someday I'll get the hang of this kind of picture taking.
>

>  Thanks.
>
>       Howard Sanner
>       flagstad@mindspring.com
> --


- --
To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html