Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On my camera, a D700 I found in the Lantern guide (they're good for something) that if while checking the shot I just did at the back of the camera the LCD Monitor I keep hitting the zoom in button to see the maximum magnification of the shot: THEN BACK DOWN TWO I get 1: 1 or real time with no interpolation just like you do in Photoshop or any other image crunching, tweaking or contact sheet viewing application. This is critical for doing stuff like unsharpening in those applications. In the camera its good for knowing if that part of the image is really sharp or not. Its only been a month now that I've had this knowledge and I feel like I'm much more secure in my shots. The problem with checking the LCD Monitor is its like checking a Polaroid in a way. Its already happened. Much better it would be if you knew before you clicked the shutter. But you do if you have the AF turned off and you don't move much having checked it. And you're not shooting wide open with a fast lens... Its nice to super confirm sharpness in the various areas of your image. I guess you could even be checking for the quality of non focus. The B word. On 3/23/14 10:07 AM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > I still have not taken time to understand how to do focus peaking. I > turned it on but notice nothing different. I'm just using it to look at > the image for sharpness. That makes a huge difference in trying to focus! > > Thanks! I still haven't a chance to edit anything. I'm on a boat in the > middle of Halong Bay right now - amazed that I even have internet access! > > Tina > > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Glad you're enjoying the M+Nocti combo. I too am finding many more >> keepers. >> I want to hear more about how you use it (are you enlarging to use the >> focus peaking or just looking at the image in the EVF for sharpness?), >> etc. >> >> Curious minds... >> Keep posting those amazing images!! >> Bob >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >> wrote: >> >>> Yes, I don't know where I came up with OPV, but it's very early in the >>> morning in Vietnam and I haven't had my coffee yet!! >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 6:41 AM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> +1! >>>> Ain't that EVF great for that purpose?! (Is that what you meant by the >>>> OPV?) >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>>> On Mar 22, 2014, at 4:22 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I don't have the .95, but my 1.0 gives a unique look wide open that I >>>> don't >>>>> get with the Summilux. Now that I can focus with the OPV, I am using >>> the >>>>> Noctilux more and more for it's unique look - wide open only. >>>>> >>>>> Tina >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 5:38 AM, Geoff Hopkinson < >> hopsternew at gmail.com >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Howard, I seldom use my fast lenses wide open but I do value their >>> good >>>>>> behaviour regarding focus shift when stopped down a little as well >> as >>>> their >>>>>> superb performance when I do my bit. >>>>>> I'm contrarian I guess and not a good candidate for the older Noctis >>>>>> especially. For perspective, if I could fund it/justify it and even >>> find >>>>>> one available I would ideally choose the new Summicron ASPH as the >>> best >>>> of >>>>>> all for me. Not slumming it with the Summilux though. >>>>>> >>>>>> I can comment that I was loaned the current Nocti and an M for a >>> weekend >>>>>> while my camera and lens were away for repair. For me and my styles >>> the >>>>>> Nocti M ASPH results just look like those from the Summilux M ASPH. >>>> That is >>>>>> to say, superb but with no noticeable rendering differences for me. >>>>>> >>>>>> Handling that larger, heavier lens walking for street photography >> and >>>> for a >>>>>> day in a studio was much less comfortable. I like and use the >> Thumbs >>> Up >>>>>> too which really helps but that's not possible when you have >> anything >>>> else >>>>>> in the hot shoe. I had aching hands by the end of probably four >> hours >>>> or so >>>>>> with camera actually in hand each day. Of course if you need or >> want >>>> that >>>>>> 0.95 then the decision is simple ;-) >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/stvm >>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/mvm >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Geoff >>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 23 March 2014 07:56, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for the links and the personal perspective, John. >>>>>>> Light reading (no pun intended, but if I'd thought of that first, >> it >>>>>> would >>>>>>> have been) ahead. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --howard >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mar 22, 2014, at 5:01 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> >>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have both, if you are going to use f1.4 or smaller most of the >>> time >>>>>>> save money and weight with the Summilux asph. The Noctilux does >>> render >>>>>>> slightly differently but not enough so to pay the difference ;-) >>>>>> >>>> >>> >> http://web.archive.org/web/20110719222012/http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/lense >> s/page29/nx095_1.html >>>>>> >>>> >>> >> http://web.archive.org/web/20110806015255/http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/lense >> s/page150/page150.html >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> john >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Just out of idle curiosity, or maybe not, I'd like to know if it's >>>>>>> possible to locate Erwin Puts' discussion of the 0.95 Nocti. I >>> haven't >>>>>> been >>>>>>> able to find it online (inactive links). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Has the Nocti been formally compared to the new APO-Summicron in >>> terms >>>>>>> of general performance at the same apertures from f/2 on? Or is it >>>> better >>>>>>> compared to the 50 'lux from f/1.4 up? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -howard >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ------------------------------------ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Bob Adler >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/