Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is this a testshot, Richard? If not, I think it needs something happening in the foreground to make it more interesting. One person walking towards you in medium to close medium could have done the trick. (at about the golden section, smallest rectangle on the right) If it is a testshot, it is an interesting shot for analysis: A bit of lens flare (right below corner). Was it shot with or withoout hood? If you shot this one at full aperture, the 'Lux is indeed incredibly sharp all over. Did you put it on hyperfocal? Even then, sharpness at that aperture would only start at about 59m/200ft. So the foreground would suffer from lens blur. 1/15th seems a bit low, too, since there is no motion blur. I did a comparable shot last winter, and if I remember correctly, I shot it at 1/15th or 1/8th at f.2 (Summicron 50) on a 200 ASA film. So that would be 1/30th or 1/15th on a 400 ASA film. Transposed to one more stop open, would lead to 1/60th or 1/30th with the Summilux. And 1/60 could indeed exclude most of the motion blur. Which still not includes the non existing lens blur in the foreground. So hyperfocal is out of the question. So you focus probably was put on the middle of the street, between foreground and background. Still very sharp, though (looking at this jpeg). I was surprised myself to see the results of my comparable shot: also pretty sharp all over. Is this due to low light conditions? Does sharpness extend when there's less light? Does anyone know this? > From: Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:56:31 -0700 > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] PAW 35, Street by Night > > Catching up: > > Caption: Street By Night > http://www.dragonsgate.net/photosite/PaW2005/images/35_work0002.jpg > 50/1.4ASPH, man, the lens is sharp! This is the full size scan of the woman > and her kid ~40 feet away (about 3/8th from the right edge of the picture): > > http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/tmp/untitled-1.jpg > Tri X @400, Xtol 1+1, no idea about shutter/aperture. Probably around > 1/15th to get the max. aperture. > > Comments, suggestions welcome. > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >