Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I should have added that the Summilux 50 ASPH at minimum distance is a poor choice for flowers of course and the Makro Planar 100 on APSC naturally is much more suitable. That is why I got it. The second shot too has no OoF point highlights to compare. I'm struggling to reproduce the saturated red into sRGB as with some yellows and purples too. The colour is there in the files and my (high end) monitor covers Adobe RGB and shows it happily too. Cheers, Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 2 June 2012 18:01, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > > 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<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> >>>> <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> >>>> <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> >>> <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<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information >