Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i am just starting to play with these lenses myself. they are both remarkably light considering their dimensions and focal lengths. being 5'7" i do find the reach required for the 560 is just on the long side of comfortable. the shoulder supports are magnificent, and i even adapted one for a focorapid/200/280 use. i am looking forward to some sports photos of my kids playing tball and football and such as they get older. - -rei On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 11:54:30AM +0200, animal wrote: > Hi,yesterday was a nice day here with promised snow but some unexpected > sunshine.Got some old Kodak E10vs from a friend and decided to try again > with the rocketlauncher . > A few weeks ago i tried with a 400 6.8 telyt and found that a delight to > use. > The lens is very light so you can move it around quickly and the shoulder > stock adds a lot of stability.One has to be carefull not to hit aanyone with > it in a crowd though because all together the assembly is a bit long. > So i managed some action shots like these which you might have seen allready > http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/folder-4311.html > not formula 1 i know but still moving enough for a beginner . > Yesterday with it,s bigger sister proved more difficult first the angle of > view of a 560 .It,s a lot narrower then your vision so you really have to > look for things which are either small or very far away not easy. > Then it,s heavier and bigger then the 400 so more difficult to hand hold. > With the changing light the lowest i went was 1/90 and then sometimes the > result is a bit soft like in these > http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-43550.html > still i like the effect of isolating small statues from the ugly scenes > behind them and i tried some more with better light > http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-43557.html > An obvious advantage of the lens is that while people near you tend to > wonder whether to call the police and report a terrorist with a stinger > people far away dont know you are there so i had a glimpse at the first > mini(skirt) of the season without being hit by the owners handbag which was > a big on the large side > http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-43555.html > An obvious target is birds ,afterall it was Douglas Herrs nice site at > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > and > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/leica/ > that got me into this Leica adventure > Well i was unable to find a bird willing enough to pose for me and this > http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-43548.html > was the best i could do. > Maybe i better take up fishing. > Anothet advantage is that one can take pictures of things you dont want to > be seen taking pictures of like > http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-43561.html > really nobody sees it > to give a better idea what the lens more or lens can do at low shutter > speeds is this > http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-43556.html > and a crop of it at > http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-43552.html > well > the rest of the roll is here > http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/folder-4429.html > hope you didn,t mind the long post > > simon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html