Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital Leica?
From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:16:00 -0800

Come to think of it, an acquaintance uses a neutral density filter with his
digital camera regularly. I'll have to take a look at the material to see
what effect it has.
There is an F1.8 out there. I've yet to see any results wide open with it.
I take it that the Lumix DMC, stands for digital manual camera. Personally
I'd prefer the same set up with manual as an option, as I've grown quite
fond of the auto everything features, especially once the settings have been
customized.
Slobodan Dimitrov

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>From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: RE: Re[2]: [Leica] Digital Leica?
>Date: Thu, Nov 20, 2003, 8:38 AM
>

> That's not impossible..Don't forget, one of the advantages of digital is
> being able to change iso in "mid-roll"...so even on a beach at noon
> under a cloudless sky, crank the iso down to 100 and at my top speed of
> 1/4000th, I could shoot at f 2.8. And in most cases, one isn't shooting
> on a beach at noon under a cloudless sky....
>
> All theoretical, I know...But the point is that the lower ISO and higher
> available shutter speeds do make shooting wide open possible...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Slobodan
> Dimitrov
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 11:14 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Leica] Digital Leica?
>
>
> Not bad.
> How about in broad daylight?
> Slobodan Dimitrov
>
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>>From: Sonny Carter <sonc@sonc.com>
>>To: Slobodan Dimitrov <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>>Subject: Re[2]: [Leica] Digital Leica?
>>Date: Wed, Nov 19, 2003, 9:31 PM
>>
>
>> Slobodan sez:,
>>
>>
>> SD> Speaking of which, anyone out there have any samples of digital
>> SD> shots at
> F2?
>> SD> Slobodan Dimitrov
>>
>> well, not at f2. but f2.2  from my Panasonic lika Leica LC5
>>
>>             http://www.sonc.com/ladoris.htm
>>             http://www.sonc.com/napoleon.htm
>>             http://www.sonc.com/wannabe.htm
>>             http://www.sonc.com/oaks_fog.htm
>>             http://www.sonc.com/band_girl.htm
>>             http://www.sonc.com/kaffie_at_night.htm
>>
>>             Regards,
>>             SonC
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> SD> ----------
>>>>From: Roy Zartarian <rzartarian@snet.net>
>>>>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>>>Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital Leica?
>>>>Date: Wed, Nov 19, 2003, 5:24 PM
>>>>
>>
>>>> That particular characteristic of the digital camera struck home
>>>> last summer when I was looking through the online portfolio of
>>>> photos of a wedding I had attended.  The pictures - especially the
>>>> outdoor formals
>>>> -  just didn't look right with the background shrubbery in focus.
>>>>
>>>> One labor-intensive way to deal with this is the selective
>>>> application of Gaussian blur.  My attempt at at better bokeh through
>
>>>> the blur is at: http://www.royzart.com/blur.html The picture, done
>>>> with a Lumix,  comes from the reception of the third wedding I've
>>>> attended this year.  I understand that it has now become a custom
>>>> for a bride to dance with her mother.
>>>>
>>>> Roy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 06:52  PM, Ted Grant wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> At 02:04 PM 11/19/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>>>>>>>> Looks like what I want, but I still want head-up info - and
>>>>>>>> PLEASE can we have a minimum stop smaller than f11.<<<<
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Peter,
>>>>>>> Why?
>>>>>>> ted
>>>>>
>>>>> Tina Manley responded:
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital Leica?
>>>>>> Right!  Incredible depth of field is considered a problem for
>>>>>> people who
>>>>>> like bokeh ;-)   One of the drawbacks of digital is that
> everything
>>>>>> is in
>>>>>> focus!<<<
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Tina,
>>>>> Some of the digi stuff I've been playing with has such a deep depth
>
>>>>> of field it's a pain in the butt because you can't get anything out
>
>>>>> of focus even
>>>>> when wide open. Nor can you get the same kind of film separation of
>>>>> subject
>>>>> from back ground. So I don't understand why Peter would want a
> smaller
>>>>> aperture and what it would be required for.
>>>>>
>>>>> You sure can't get that at f 1.0 Noctilux look! ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> ted
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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