[Leica] LeiCanon photos from Arizona

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

Thanks, Jim, I appreciate   your kind words.

I think the 100mm APO is sharper than the 24-70L but the Canon is darn close.

AB


On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 20:46:48 -0600, Jim Nichols <nicholsj@edge.net> wrote:
> Adam,
> 
> Very good images indeed.  I concur that the Canon lens performance is
> hardly distinguishable from the Leica lens when viewed on my monitor.  We
> have the purple Finches in our yard, but I have never had much luck
> shooting through the window glass.  My hat is off to you.  You got some
> great shots.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com>
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> > Date: 2/4/2005 8:16:57 PM
> > Subject: [Leica] LeiCanon photos from Arizona
> >
> > We're down in Black Canyon, Arizona for a few days and I brought along
> > the 1Ds and some good glass.
> >
> > These flowers are in what passes for a yard here. I wasn't prepared
> > for specular highlights on these flowers - but like all dessert blooms
> > they protect their water content.
> >
> > This first one was shot with the very good Canon 24-70 F2.8L lens:
> >
> > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/02/04/_L3U0030.jpg>
> >
> > Then I swapped it for the Leica 100mm APO.
> >
> > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/02/04/_L3U0045-crp-crv-shrp.jpg>
> >
> > This, I think, is a kind of lantana. It is VERY small - maybe the size
> > of a US penny or even a dime across.
> >
> > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/02/04/_L3U0056-crp-crv-shrp.jpg>
> >
> > There are also birds. These are house finches (I think given Doug
> > Herr's comments.) All shot with the telyt 280 wide open. It was a high
> > milky sky and I was shooting through the pane of the kitchen window
> > when I snapped these. So the Leica glass doesn't show its stuff as
> > well as it could. I'll have to craft a kind of blind if I'm going to
> > shoot these without the window.
> >
> > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/02/04/_L3U0060-crp-crv-shrp.jpg>
> >
> > I think the softness in this one is more my focusing, and my unsteady
> > hand, than anything else.
> >
> > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/02/04/_L3U0072-crp-crv-shrp.jpg>
> >
> > Canon recommends using the photoshop unsharp mask starting with
> > settings of 300%/.3/0 which is what I have used on all of these. The
> > images are sharpened again when reduced for display on the web.
> >
> > Your comments are most welcome.
> >
> > Adam
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