Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe - Didn't some wise Lugger once say "never sell a lens?" :-) Your suggestion on 0065 is right on the money but I just couldn't make it work that way per my earlier post. Many thanks for the comments. >You make me feel sorry that I sold my 15 two years ago. I bought it >together with a Bessa L in the philosophy of one camera one lens, >but sold it pretty quickly thinking I wouldn't need it very much. > >I particulary like 0042 and 0065. I just wonder if you tried some >variants of the latter with your right hand on the telescope, since >that might open up the composition and would probably integrate the >lighthouse a bit more. > >Thanks for showing, >Philippe > > >Op 2-feb-06, om 03:27 heeft Richard S. Taylor het volgende geschreven: > >>I got a 15 mm Heliar from Stephen Gandy a couple of weeks ago. This >>is the first time I used a really wide lens. It's been a gas. The >>strange perspective is fun to play with. I was about 5 feet from >>the tree in the first photo. >> >>I used Ted's trick of framing in the 15 mm finder then levelling >>with the internal framelines before taking the picture. It worked >>- most of the time. Some levelling required in PS in a few. >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/3_02A_0075_web >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/2_00_0042_web >> >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/2_07_0049_web >> >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/2_23A_0065_web >> >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/3_16A_0089_web >> >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/3_33A_0106_web >> >> >>02A, 16A and 33A are of the Cape Cod Canal; 00, 07 and 23A were >>taken at Marblehead Light. >> >>Comments welcome as always. >>-- >>Regards, >> >>Dick >>Boston MA >> -- Regards, Dick Boston MA