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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Self-Portrait During Lens Checkout
From: simon.apekop at gmail.com (simon jessurun)
Date: Tue Jan 6 22:20:05 2009
References: <9667A9CF459844178437B5F12DD17AFC@jimnichols> <496447FF.9010509@tele2.fr>

Wow nice one i tried on of those years ago and know how hard it is to judge
the distance correctly so that the iris blades and your eyes are in the same
plane in the mirror.best,simon amsterdam
the netherlands

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Philippe AMARD 
<philippe.amard@tele2.fr>wrote:

> Cool !
> Focus is more on the camera than the man, but it works for me.
> Have you tried to BW it?
>
> In either case, Steve should include thisportrait in his gallery methink.
> Philippe
>
> Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>  I finally decided to check out the Super-Multicoated-Takumar 50/1.4 on my
>> Oly E-510.  With no one else to use for an image, I decided to do another
>> self-portrait, though holding the camera below my face and guessing at the
>> field in view.  After several images were checked, I concluded that bald
>> heads don't add to images anyway, hence did a close crop.
>>
>> All told, the lens is a pleasure to use, and the results, notwithstanding
>> the model, were not too bad.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Self-Portrait.jpg.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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