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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Same Lens, Different Camera
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 18:31:01 -0500
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Thanks, Lluis.  You are correct.  The image was very much underexposed, 
and I probably pulled too hard to bring up the shadow area.  I will take 
another look at it.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 4/8/2016 6:18 PM, lluisripollphotography wrote:
> Jim,
>
> What I see on this picture is that it is more contrasted and saturated 
> than your usual work, I see the reds very saturated?
>
> Lluis
>
>
>
>> El 8 abr 2016, a les 19:25, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
>> escriure:
>>
>> Thanks, Al.  If I recall correctly, it was a fly ball that was caught 
>> near 2nd base.  The X-E1 sensor is great, but the old Oly E-1 feels 
>> better in my hands.  On either one, the Leica Summicron-R performs very 
>> well.  I cradle the lens hood between thumb and forefinger, and press my 
>> hand against the fence, centered on an opening.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> On 4/8/2016 12:14 PM, al crouch wrote:
>>> Another nice baseball shot, Jim.  No evidence at all of the chain link.  
>>> I'm trying to guess where the ball must be.  The ump's body language 
>>> says it's probably not in the catcher's mitt.  So it must be just out of 
>>> the frame on the right side or in the sky. At any rate, the XE-1 seems 
>>> to be a good choice.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>>>> Sent: Apr 8, 2016 11:51 AM
>>>> To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>, Olympus Camera 
>>>> Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Same Lens, Different Camera
>>>>
>>>> Shooting young baseball players in action, through a chain link fence,
>>>> in the late afternoon shadows, is challenging.  I've concluded that, for
>>>> me, the Leica Summicron-R 50mm lens works best. But, with the E-1, the
>>>> shadows have proved challenging.  Yesterday, I paired up the lens with
>>>> my Fuji X-E1.  The crop factor gives a little more field of view, and
>>>> the sensor works better in the shadows.  This time, I failed to capture
>>>> the ball itself. :-(
>>>> But, I liked the action, anyway.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/3278final.tif.html
>>>>
>>>> ISO 200, 1/450 at f/8
>>>>
>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>
>>>>
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