Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com