Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/09

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: FF - Lilly
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 20:28:11 -0800
References: <CAAsXt4NF63eBMR5vwKj14JYOJSTncwu7rS53DoyuzOdORfJJ3A@mail.gmail.com> <7F81792F-A954-4037-955D-B06537EA6170@mac.com>

Hi George,
Hand held, no wind. At f/1 the shutter speed was 1/1000. There was a
polarizer on the front, which is why the f/stop on the image is higher than
the actual f/1 used. ISO @ 400...
Just lucky...
Bob

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 8:19 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> 
wrote:

>
> On Mar 9, 2012, at 9:12 PM, Robert Adler wrote:
>
> >> From my front yard. My mother-in-law's yartsite (marking of the day
> someone
> > died) was four years ago today. Her name was Lillian. Unfortunately she
> > hated lilies, but she presented me with this today.
> >
> > http://www.rgaphoto.com/fleur/content/L1000384-Edit-Edit_large.html
> >
> > This was taken with the noctilux. As you can see, the front of the flower
> > (where I focused) is out of focus. When I bought the lens and the M9, the
> > dealer sent the nocti in for coding and CLA. I asked the dealer's
> salesman
> > to please send my new M in with the lens so that they could be matched.
> He
> > insisted it wasn't necessary because if my new M was checked at the
> factory
> > before shipping, it would perfectly match the M they were going to test
> the
> > Nocti on. Twice I insisted; twice he said it wasn't necessary. He checked
> > it before shipping it to me (after it was in NJ for 6 weeks) and said it
> > was perfect.
> >
> > Obviously it's not. He is sending me a loaner M and 50 summicron while he
> > sends my M and Nocti, again, to NJ. Also giving me attitude
> unfortunately.
> > Oh well. Hopefully it will return in 6 weeks and with a happy ending...
>
> Have to ask
> was the camera on a tripod?
> and
> was their absolutely no wind?
>
> Beautiful photograph though
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
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> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
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-- 
Bob Adler
Redwood City, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com


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