Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/26

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Subject: [Leica] I'm Back - Panos from Europe
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sun Oct 26 06:29:29 2008
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What wonderful places!

Loved the photos.

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/


On Oct 26, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Howard Cummer wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
> Last night I got to sleep in my own Hong Kong bed again after 162  
> days. Filling the time in retirement sometimes feels like hard work!
> After Photokina wife Esther and I traveled to Italy and France. I  
> took along my Novoflex pano equipment but lost the bushing that  
> sizes the bubble level platin from 1/2 to 3/8 so couldn't use the  
> damn thing on the tripod that I had brought. I just hauled all that  
> heavy weight around from one place to another. I used my M8 and  
> Nikon D700 as the mood struck me - the M8 for nights and interiors  
> and the Nikon for just about everything else. Its better high ISO  
> performance compensated for the slower lenses in most cases. Next  
> time (if there is a next time given what is happening to my  
> retirement portfolio!) I will take only one system - likely the  
> Nikon as it is the most versatile. From what I saw at Photokina I  
> may add some Zeiss lenses to the Nikon kit if and when they are  
> available in HK.
> I have posted a few panos in a new folder in the LUG gallery. Please  
> have a look.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Photos+from+Europe/
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5ucctl
>
> These were taken mostly with the M8 and the 24 Elmarit in vertical  
> format and then stitched together in CS2. One is taken with the  
> Canon G9 - and a couple with the Nikon D700 and the 50 f1.4. One  
> problem with the M8, not experienced with the D700, was dust spots  
> on the sensor which showed up when I stopped down to increase depth  
> of field. That required quite a bit of spotting in Photoshop not  
> required with the Nikon photos due to the 700's auto cleaning  
> feature. I have one persistent spot on the M8 sensor which is going  
> to require wet cleaning sometime this week.
> Enjoy,
> Cheers
> Howard
>
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