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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Eska @ Turner Sims
From: gerry.walden at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 15:54:20 +0000
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Jim

thank you for your comments. I have doubts about the ?skilled photographer? 
on this occasion because i was flying by the seat of my pants a bot having 
never shot a live concert with the M9, but it seemed to work OK.

Best wishes

Gerry


> On 24 Jan 2016, at 15:50, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Gerry,
> 
> I continue to be impressed with the results you get with this camera/lens 
> combination.  The subject is sharp, the color is great, and the OOF areas 
> are rendered nicely.  Of course, it's all brought about by a skilled 
> photographer.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 1/24/2016 9:41 AM, Gerry Walden wrote:
>> I photographed the English jazz, soul and folk singer Eska at the Turner 
>> Sims Concert Hall last night. This is the first time I have used the M9 
>> and the Zeiss 50mm Sonnar f.15 during an actual performance. I normally 
>> shoot during soundchecks but Eska wanted me to work at the performance 
>> only so that her make-up, costume etc. would be OK. She is a pretty 
>> fast-moving artist but I managed to grab some of her more stationary 
>> moments during the two numbers we agreed. This was taken at 1/125 @ f2.8 
>> and 1250iso. I was very pleased with the overall results, and have around 
>> 30 useable images which is about average.
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/L1000877.jpg.html
>> 
>> I hope you like it!
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>> 
>> Gerry Walden LRPS
>> www.gwpics.com
>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>> 
>> 
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Replies: Reply from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Eska @ Turner Sims)
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