Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have the Leica tripod mount ring on my 100mm f2.8, very effective, if you can find one! FD On 27 Mar, 2012, at 04:30, Adam Bridge wrote: > Still playing with the 100 APO on the NEX-7. I like what it does. There, > unfortunately, a difficulty with the camera. I hesitate to call it a > defect, but it will cause a problem for anyone wanting to use a large > heavy lens which requires the camera to be mated with a tripod. The NEX-7 > is a very thin camera, as in less than 1" I think. With the 100 APO > mounted (which weighs more than the camera does), I couldn't make a stable > mounting to the tripod. Even with the screw to the mounting plate > tightened as much as I dared centering an image was very difficult because > the lens would droop, maybe 1/2 a frame. It's not the camera body that is > bending, it's the soft rubber mounting that is being compressed by torque. > I hope that makes sense. With the Sony lenses, which aren't very heavy, > this isn't a problem. With something big (a Noctilux, the 100 APO) it's a > major problem. The Telyt series will work okay because the lens is mounted > to the tripod not the camera. I think there may be > a solution but it'll take some engineering. > > Anyway... > > Two takes on California Poppies. This is a much redder version that the > more normal orange version. There are also vivid reds and whites out there > somewhere. We'd love to have any of them for our garden. I digress. > > <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/22003432_Lz2PWj#!i=1766720283&k=pj9t4g3&lb=1&s=A> > > <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/22003432_Lz2PWj#!i=1766720688&k=Qd7Wb4Z&lb=1&s=A> > > This is also a poppy. I liked this more pastel colors. > > <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/22003432_Lz2PWj#!i=1766721263&k=SHD6Rnq&lb=1&s=A> > > They also come in white: > > <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/22003432_Lz2PWj#!i=1766721958&k=zKLPGtv&lb=1&s=A> > > And then there are these little iris. These are really small, perhaps the > whole plant was 12" high. > > <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/22003432_Lz2PWj#!i=1766722303&k=z8tRPZK&lb=1&s=A> > > This is a crop from the center of the image. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information