Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 2 juin 12 ? 09:45, Geoff Hopkinson a ?crit : > Thanks for taking a peek and commenting, Ted and Philippe. > The cookie cutter OoF highlights are distinctive, no doubt. Actually > they > are definitve for the Summilux 50 ASPH in fact. Because the lens is > extremely well corrected the composition of each instance is very > neutral > (that is no double rings for example) but also have very well defined > edges/transitions. The Leica 'glow' (undercorrected spherical > aberration) > is gone due to the design if you like. > So the solution is to shoot that lens wide open all of the time > (which Tina > has said more than once) The man that designed the thing (Peter > Karbe says > the same. I need to listen. The 50 was what i had with me when I saw > the > blossoms. > As a penance here's a different shot from today with my Makro Planar > (until > I get some more of the first set developed) > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/143717625 > Pristine! And definitely better IMHO reading myself again I realize I had written "usually" which should have been "UN-usually" Coffee? Coffee !! :-) Amiti?s Philippe > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 2 June 2012 16:41, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > >> Hi Geoff, >> >> Nice reds as seen from here and sharpness it goes without saying - >> as Ted >> said the bloom pops out of the background. Yet what a strange >> bokeh, the >> "stars" look so usually shaped, as if stamped out of the blur, a >> bit like >> Xmas cookies if you see what I mean. >> Hope you didn't sprain a muscle my friend :-) >> Keep wriggling and clicking. >> Amiti?s du weekend >> Philippe >> >> Le 2 juin 12 ? 02:35, Geoff Hopkinson a ?crit : >> >> It's still Friday somewhere. >>> Here's a little colour in the grey and bokeh. I had quite a bit of >>> difficulty with the colour space. M9 and my monitor are quite >>> happy to >>> show >>> the intense red but web browsers struggle. >>> >>> This is Calliandra blossoming behind some water tanks. Some >>> wriggling in >>> was required. >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/**image/143711536<http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/143711536 >>> >>> > >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Geoff >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> >>> >for more information >>> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> >for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information