Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/03

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Casual Portrait with Summilux 50 asph
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Mon Mar 3 00:46:16 2008
References: <20080302223928.63377D7B@resin15.mta.everyone.net>

Thanks Alastair, it seems to be a consensus. I am not yet ready to  
surrender that all of that first EV all of the time. More practice  
required. Gee I wish it had the EV comp on an analog dial on top. I  
hate menus. I got a case for it with a flap that covers the display.  
Two advantages. No left eyed nose grease and stops me chimping too  
much.! Really I need to get used to the metering patterns and use the  
AE lock like on my M7. Don't need no stinkin' histogram when I'm  
shooting.
Cheers
Geoff
On 03/03/2008, at 4:39 PM, <afirkin@afirkin.com> wrote:

> Lovely: my only comment with the M8 is that overexposure can spell  
> death to a photo and if like me you don't chimp and check after  
> each image I'd set the exposure to -2/3 at least: I run on -1 ev  
> most of the time.
>
> Cheers
>
> --- hoppyman@bigpond.net.au wrote:
>
> From: "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Casual Portrait with Summilux 50 asph
> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 17:14:25 +1000
>
> Folks, My first steps learning to manage exposure with a new M.
>
> This is with the Summilux M 50 asph wide open. Now it has become a  
> short portrait 67mm or so!
>
> <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/93634580>
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> http://tinyurl.com/29trdn
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>
> The subject is my beautiful daughter from the shadow side.  Just a  
> quick casual shot obviously.
>
> I'm completely biased of course, but I love this one.
>
> Just look what the lens does on the 10MP sensor!!
>
> Now to get better at the exposure control without throwing away too  
> much at the highlight end.
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>
>
> Cheers, Geoff
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/
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> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
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