Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/07

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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Eggshells
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 16:26:46 -0500
References: <CA+yJO1CNExufG784Q4zMtGbYpXZj0H1KVE22k_0Riu1XBvSjvw@mail.gmail.com> <CAE3QcF5UjF9B6Yeqiss6ek+d6tbrQrNdkoNsDzzF1jLCDiSNiw@mail.gmail.com>

I have not figured out how to use focus peaking yet!

Tina


On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Tina, for whatever my opinion is worth, I don't think that you need to
> add the R lenses to your travel kit, unless you had a specific interest
> that you need to service, for example with a 200mm+ or a macro.
> I do suggest that you include your EVF though. I can speak from experience
> that it can be invaluable. After I bent my M and 50 I could keep going for
> a couple of hundred more frames. Even without that, it's revealing what you
> can do with it when you're required to use it.
>
> Here's Lluis in Barcelona with my 50 wide open or nearly so and slow
> shutter speed, focus peaking in lower light.
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/153865387.
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
> On 8 February 2014 04:10, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>
> > PESO:
> >
> > To compare cameras and lenses, I'm using eggshells.  I've saved the
> > eggshells to use as seed pots for the garden.
> >
> > The first one is with the 100 Macro R lens on the M240:
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154414472
> >
> > Then the 35/1.4 M lens on the M240:
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154414485
> >
> > Then the 50/1.4 M lens on the MM:
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154414489
> >
> > Minimal processing on each in LR.
> >
> > I'm trying to decide if I need to carry any R lenses to Vietnam.  So
> far, I
> > think I'll just take M's and travel lighter.
> >
> > Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.  (Not that I'm planning on
> > photographing eggshells in Vietnam!)
> >
> > Tina
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tina Manley
> > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com
> >
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-- 
Tina Manley
http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com


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