Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@gmail.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org>; <mugers@yahoogroups.com> Sent: 08 July 2005 10:17 Subject: [Leica] New toy (IIIf + Elmar) > Well, I once posted, a few months back, a picture of me with the only > Leica I ever sold. For no good reason at all (other than I like it), I > bought another one. It arrived yesterday and I ran two rolls of film > through it. > > First some slow shutter speeds, wide aperture and close focus: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/iiif/05v27_0010 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/iiif/05v27_0004 > > Then, outside in the shade, still closest focus (which is _not_ very close) > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/iiif/05v27_0006 > > And then bright sunlight. Well stopped down (f 12.5 according to the > scale, but I really don't think the aperture markings are much more > other than guide lines) > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/iiif/05v27_0007 > > I was surprised to see the vignetting, especially when the lens was > stopped down so much. > > Daniel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Hi Daniel, Just when I thought I didn't 'need' any more gear you post these hard on the heels of Peters' excellent shots. I can practically feel my credit card leaping about in my wallet. --Graham