Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/25

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Subject: [Leica] Voigtlander-Cosina wide lenses
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sat Feb 25 16:42:37 2006

On Monday, I'm hoping to get out there again with a 25 and a 21. I think
that 15 may be pushing the envelope a bit. It has been overcast and rainy
today, so I'll have to keep my thumb on the pulse of the weather.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of GREG
LORENZO
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 6:00 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] Voigtlander-Cosina wide lenses


Jeffery Smith writes: 

> I have had trouble "taming" the contrast on my 28/3.5 VC. Some of the 
> problem may be in my metering, as the 28mm frame gets a lot of sky in 
> it, which tends to darken my non-sky portion of the photo. As a 
> result, I've stopped using 28 or wider lenses on autoexposure bodies.
> 

Jeffery,

Some of the images you are making in your series of New Orleans are just
begging for wide angle lenses. Personally I would love to see a few full 360
degrees panorama shots from the middle of former intersections.

Take your widest lenses, some orange or red filters and a pocket grey card
to meter off of. It will be well worth it IMHO.

Regards,

Greg


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