[Leica] Some of a few recent shots from the UK

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Richard S. Taylor wrote:
> Good Lord!  How did you manage to carry all that gear?    ;-)

We have a native bearer - our son Florian (17)- no carry, no eat.

Seriously though, a map, a compass,tide tables,time of sunrise and sunset 
and 
sun elevation, plus knowing the area like the back of your hand can save a 
lot 
of weight on lenses that wouldn't be appropriate for the area or the 
intended 
subject.

Having been in Germany for such a long time nearly killed me on one trip, I 
read 
miles as kilometers and ended up walking nearly twice as far, all uphill.
Typical equipment:
For railway shots - 20D and 21 28 35 50
Landscapes and beach shots - 20D and 21 28 35 50
Sky and cloud details - 135 250 and 28-135 mostly taken out of the apartment 
window overlooking the bay.

For the eventuality of something going wrong I also took along 2 film SLRs 
as a 
backup, a Leica R7 and the incredibly lightweight Canon EOS 500N (Rebel 
something or other)one filled with Elite 100 and the other with Elite 200 
Kodak 
slide film.

> 
> In any case, thanks for the info.  I'm a bit surprised that the widest 
> lens you used in those first 17 was 21mm.   Some, particularly #17, look 
> wider.
#17 was taken with the 21mm close to the ground and angled upwards, I then 
removed the distortion in PS
> 
> By the way, having taken another look, #3 (Mist by the Huts - 2) really 
> caught my eye.  It has a wonderful air of mystery about it. 
The real mystery is that I can remember the bloke with the dog but I can't 
for 
the life of me remember having seen a young lady (very attractive in 
close-up) 
at all. I usually tend to notice things like that - strange.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> 
>> The first 17 frames are digital, the widest lens used being a Leica-R 
>> Super Angulon 21/4, the other lenses were, in increasing order, R 
>> 2,8/28,R 2/35, Zeiss 1,7/50, R 2,8/135, R4/250, if the light is low I 
>> also use the Canon image stabilised 28-135 EF IS zoom.
>>
>> Most of the other shots are on Kodak Elite 100 or 200 with Leica R5 
>> and R7, Leica M6, Minolta CLE and Bessa-R with lenses  12, 
>> 15,25,28,50,90 and 135mm (plus the lenses mentioned above)
>>
>> I can recommend the 20D with any of the Leica-R lenses or, which would 
>> be much less expensive, Zeiss (Contax/Yashica) optics, I've had 
>> fantastic results from a Zeiss 1,7/50 and a Yashica 2,8/55 macro and 
>> I'm just trying out a Zeiss 1,4/50 and a Yashica 2,8/24 I picked up 
>> yesterday for 50 euros. The 50 looks very good after I tightened up 
>> the inner lens barrel, I'm not sure about the 24mm yet. BTW M42 
>> (Pentax screw mount) can be had for very little money and there are 
>> certainly some gems to be had.
>>
>> The great thing is, if you have the adapters, you can go into a second 
>> hand shop and try the lenses out "on site", there really is a lot of 
>> s/h quality manual focus stuff out there at very reasonable prices.
>> cheers and thanks for your comments
>> Douglas
> 
> (snip)