[Leica] More 15mm Shots

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

Once you get used to a 15mm it's time to think about a 12mm :-)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Image11_10_edited_2
Of course the vignetting is excruciating, you can't wear a big hat, and 
it's hard to keep fingers, beer-belly and toes out of the frame, but 
it's a load of fun.
Theres a few wide  angle shots of Milan and Pisa on page 3 of the 
Gallery too - using both 12 and 15mm CV lenses
Douglas

BTW, the street is interesting. This is the finished half of Royal 
Crescent, planned, financed and built by the "Railway Baron" George 
Hudson. Before work was started on the other half, he ran off to France 
with the money. It's also where Bram Stoker stayed while writing 
"Dracula" and the mad mathematician and writer of "Alice in...and Alice 
through" stayed just around the corner too. We stay in an
 appartment under the roof of the third house from the left hand end 
every year, which has the most fantastic view of the coast and sea 
imaginable.
The sunsets on this page were taken from the appartment window over a 
period of 3 weeks : http://gallery.leica-users.org/album212

James Ting wrote:

>Nice shots, Dick.  I never had a chance to use the 15mm.  It looks like the
>distortion isn't as pronounced as I would have thought.  If you shot a flat
>surface, such as a brick wall, straight-on, do you see much distortion?
>
>Best,
>James
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+james=tingphoto.com@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+james=tingphoto.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>Richard S. Taylor
>Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 5:38 PM
>To: lug@leica-users.org
>Subject: [Leica] More 15mm Shots
>
>A few more through the 15 mm Heliar:
>
>Route 128 Railway Station, Boston:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/1_08A_0039_web
>
>Connecticut Highway
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/2_35A_0103_web
>
>
>Randall's Island NYC
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/3_06_0006_web
>
>This is a tough lens to make work.  These are the only three pictures 
>that I feel worked from almost three rolls of film I shot with the 
>Heliar the during a recent trip to New York City.  I did lose a lot 
>>from flare and reflections shooting into the sun and through train 
>windows, though - got to learn to watch out for that.
>
>They were all taken before I had so much good advice from Ted, too. 
>Maybe I'll chuck it on the ol' M7 again this weekend and see if I 
>can't get my hit rate up.  But then, I've now got a 40mm f1.4 Nocton 
>to play with, too, - hmmm.... what to do, what to do...     ;-)
>
>Comments encouraged as always.
>
>Thanks.
>
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