Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slung and Bush lies for me. So your horizontals ain't bad either ;-) Thanks for showing, Philippe > From: Aaron Sandler <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 15:55:38 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Thanks, a complaint about Leica Ms, and PAW # 40... > > Hi Folks, > > I'd like to extend my thanks to everyone who replied to my "Which one" post > with the two photos of the father&son. The votes seemed about evenly > split, probably reflecting what a number pointed out: each had something > going for it, but neither had everything/enough. > > Several folks, starting I believe with Slobodon, suggested it should have > been a vertical shot...I think they're right. This also reminds me of a > comment Phong made to me about a year ago that I should shoot more > verticals. I don't think I was this "horizontal-centric" when I was > shooting with my F3...I must say that for all I love my Leicas, I find them > significantly less ergonomic to shoot with vertically than > horizontally...for some reason I seem to have a harder time aligning RF > images when holding the camera vertically. Plus, the focus tab on my > 35cron, which lines up so nicely with my forefinger when horizontal, > doesn't seem as useful vertically. Oh well. > > That having been said, I note with some chagrin that 3 of the 4 photos I'm > posting this week are verticals. So maybe there's still hope. :) > > Here's the PAW four-pack...pretty self-explanatory...M6TTL with 21/4 > voigtlander, 35/2 cron, and 50/2 collapsible summitar: > http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2005_40/index.html > > Best, > Aaron > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >