Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks for the sequence GB.... you ought to share this with Ted.....the proper use of the Noctilux as a telephoto at f16. Steve > > excellent image Graham... the right moment, full of drama .... please > give us the > > details, looks cropped out of a bigger picture, and do you have any other > interesting > > shots in this sequence. Steve > > > > > > > > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/week_31.html > > > > =============================================================== > Steve, > Absolutely correct, huge crop. Imagine the neg lined horizontally and > vertically in thirds and what you see is the middle rectangle or to put it > another way, one ninth of the neg. I took two shots with the 35mm which was > the lens I had on as I approached and this was the second shot of two with > that lens. Yes I know, what kind of doofus shoots sports action with a 35mm > lens? Answer, this doofus. I switched to the 50mm Noctilux and got a little > closer for the next three shots and as a consequence these are about one > third of the neg. Yes I know, what kind of doofus uses a Noctilux in full > sun? Answer; this doofus. I do have a 90mm and a 135mm but I wanted a few > bankers in focus before I got ambitious.Then calamity, the exposure meter > 'crapped out' (thanks Ted for the graphic description). Although I have a > hand held meter in the bag and I am perfectly capable of getting acceptable > results in such circumstances with no meter at all, I stopped shooting? What > kind of doofus stops shooting when the pickings are so rich. Answer, this > doofus.To say I was depressed by the meter failure is an understatement > bordering on the supernatural. Right there, right then, I could have > cheerfully packed in photography and taken up croquet. The bad news for the > PAW haters is that I'm over it now :-) > All five pics in sequence are posted where I normally share pics with the > IRC crowd: > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/previews.html > > > Graham > http://geebeephoto.com > > > -- > 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