[Leica] IMG: Images from Mother's Day

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Instead of a huge Yuban coffee can monster Nikon Zoom Wide Angle-Telephoto
AF-S Zoom Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AutoFocus Lens which weights 2 pounds and
has a 77 mm filter size and is 5.2" long in front of your farily modest
sized D700 body dwarfing it try putting a 28mm 2.8 on it (21 x 1.33 = 27.93
) which  takes a 52mm filter size and weights 0.43 lb  and sticks out and
inch and a half and see how much that intimidates people.
Anybody can turn their DSLR into a monster.

I find a normal lens on a normal camera you get normal intimidation.
A monster lens in front of a normal camera you get monster intimidation.

There are no lenes one fifth the size of a 24-70mm which you can fit on a
Leica M 
so blame the nikon camera body for the monster lens you go out and buy.



Mark William Rabiner



> From: Robert Rose <robert.rose at mac.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 23:02:48 -0700
> To: LUG Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] IMG:  Images from Mother's Day
> 
> I have been shooting lately almost exclusively with a D700, but I find
> that I just can't get close to people with this big camera and huge
> lenses.  So, I picked up a Voigtlander 21mm f/4, and decided to try
> getting close to people again.
> 
> This is a set of photos taken today at Silverado, an Alzheimer's home
> in Escondido, California.  My mother-in-law is a resident, and today
> was a tea for the mother's and daughters.
> 
> The lens for the first eight photos is the CV 21mm f/4, with a B+W 486
> filter, but with lens detection turned off on the M8.  For some
> reason, I can't get it to code reliably.  Looking at the sky, it
> doesn't seem to make that much of a difference.  The colors are right.
> 
> We were in the shade, but the background was very bright.  I think the
> Voigtlander performed just fine, with little flare.  Its small size
> makes the experience more intimate.  Look at L1051604. I was sitting
> next to my wife, about 2 feet away.  I couldn't imagine that smile if
> I was holding a D700, plus a zoom 24-70.