Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/25

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Subject: [Leica] D700 50'cron update
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:37:44 +0530
References: <200907242052.BSM53336@rg4.comporium.net> <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B36052E96DD@case-email.casefoods.com>

Dave,
Nice shot, but why do you need a Leica lens for shots like these? A Nikon
50mm would work just as well, and one of them costs USD100 or so.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 3:00 AM, David Rodgers <drodgers at 
casefarms.com>wrote:

>
> FYI to anyone interested, I'm discovering that to get the most of Leica
> lenses it may not be wise to rely on any default settings on the D700.
>
> Putting Leica lenses on a D700 is not as plug and play as I first
> thought, IOW. It's certainly not as P&P as using a chipped Nikkor. OTOH,
> the potential may be greater.
>
> I've been tweaking Picture Control in the D700 and saving custom
> profiles for each Leica lens. The results are getting better Surprise!
> Those menu settings --and there are lots -- really do do something. I'm
> still learning.
>
> I'm probably going to end up with multiple custom setting for each lens,
> depending on the conditions. I can choose a custom setting faster than I
> can physically change lenses, so it's practical to use them.
>
> My goal is to shoot JPGs and get them as right as possible straight from
> the camera. I'm tired of dealing with post processing. Even raw files
> don't excite me too much.  And while Lightroom and PS (and even NX2) are
> nifty programs who has time to learn them all? So I'm just seeing where
> I can get to with minimum post processing.
>
> Here's a D700 50/2 Summicron shot.
>
> http://www.daverodgers.net/images/image23.htm
>
> It's probably way smarter to grab an image and fix it later with
> software. But where's the fun in that? :-) My real goal is to spend less
> time at a computer.
>
> Dave R
>
>
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Replies: Reply from drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers) ([Leica] D700 50'cron update)
Reply from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] D700 50'cron update)
In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] PESO: Spoils)
Message from drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers) ([Leica] D700 50'cron update)