Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Richard S. Taylor said and showed: >>>>>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.<<<< Ted Grant said: >Hi Dick, >Well train windows with any lens is a toughie. But definitely I'd >have shot it all in colour, because it's far more effective than B&W >for this kind of swishy pans from trains. Well it turns out color is available but, to me anyway, but I don't think it's much of an improvement, at least for this image, because there is so little color in the shot to begin with. http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/2_35A_0103_color_web > (snip) >Well obviously the KISS answer to your quandary is quite simple >..... buy another M7! ;-) See how easy that was? Solved! ;-) Then >you can work both lenses at the same time. ;-) Gee, why didn't I think of this? ;-) > >Your welcome, glad to have been a help. ;-) > >ted > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Thanks again. -- Regards, Dick