Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great idea and experiment. When do we get to see the results of putting one of the world's best cameras in the hands of one of the world's least accomplished photographers married to one of the world's most accomplished photographers? ?howard On May 18, 2014, at 7:22 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > PESO: > > Tom is not a photographer. He has no interest in learning to use any > camera; however, on this last trip there were far too many photos for me to > keep changing lenses and cameras and getting them all. So I gave him an M9 > with the 24/2.8 and set it on the 8's. I set the aperture for f/8 and told > him to be sure the infinity mark was set at 8 so that more or less > everything would be in focus (hyperfocul focusing). When there is plenty > of light, it works fine. He didn't even have to look through the > viewfinder, just press the shutter. > > http://www.pbase.com/image/155709400 > > Amazingly, he got some good photos. If you see any that I post that are > taken with the M9 at f/8, Tom might have pressed the shutter. I also used > it, though, so there is no way to know who shot what! I'll take credit (or > blame) for all ;-) I just know that the ones I appear in, I did not shoot! > > 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