Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Right, Gary. :-) And as to rules.... On 4/26/06 2:41 PM, "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@northcoastphotos.com> wrote: > Most fun lens I've ever used, the 7-14mm/4 Zuiko. Wonderful resolution, > too, > as seen by your photo B.D. My last Lympa Log page shows a photo with it at > the extreme wide end (7mm). > http://www.northcoastphotos.com/Lympa_2006_04_21.htm > > The kind of depth you can get in landscapes with this lens has no evidence > of the "tricky" look super-wide can often show. At f22 and 7mm, you > probably get about as much depth of field as a pinhole! > > B.D. - this is a lens where you centered the horizon purposely in order to > minimize vertical distortion, not to break good composition rules! If you > pointed it down in your scene, then the buildings would have appeared to be > leaning into the bottom of the picture. You know that, but I thought > LUGgers > might appreciate that any lens like this can get weird on you when you > don't > shoot level with it. And sometimes off-level is the fun of this lens, too! > Gary Todoroff > (Tree LUGger) > >> -----Original Message----- > Robert Meier >> B.D. -- This has remarkably low wide-angle distortion. The edges of the >> picture are not stretched outward. I am impressed with this lens. Bob >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:32 AM >> Subject: [Leica] The View From My Office- >> >> >>> As seen with the 7-14 f 4 on the Oly E330 - iso 100 - matrix metering; >> only >>> PS adjustment was my standard intake sharpening. No curves >> adjustment; no >>> color adjustment. No additional sharpening. Shot at f8 at 7mm - 35 >>> equivalent of 14 mm. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album333/OfficeView >>> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information