Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you're in Dublin on the 11th, Nathan, let me know if you have time to meet up. Douglas On 24/06/2019 17:25, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Thanks Tina. > > I will respond on-list because several people have made a similar comment > (about the M8). So there must be something to it. I decided to take it > partly on a whim but mainly because I knew that the day would be long > (sunrise at 5:30, sunset at 22:00), the weather warm and sunny, and so > there would be a lot of people out and about on a Sunday afternoon. And I > also wanted to take some IR photos in EU Commission area and in the nearby > Parc Cinquantenaire?lots of greenery and lots of sunshine makes for good > IR. > > But to come back to the people images. The M8 (or any other good > rangefinder for that matter, but Leicas are the best in this category) is > the optimal tool for the kind of street/people photography that I did > here. The photos of the pilot and of the woman with the dog in her lap > were taken after I asked, but the other 5 (and many more that I still have > to process) were taken surreptitiously. I would basically pre-focus on > something that was at the same distance as the intended victim, recomposed > and shot. In the case of the two women eating ice cream and the couple in > the metro I did not even raise the camera to my eye. As I look at the > around 150 photos I took during the trip (I am now at Brussels airport > waiting for my flight home), I see a far higher percentage of in-focus > shots than I would have gotten with any AF camera. So yes, this is one of > those cases where the choice of equipment influenced the style of > photography. > > It also helps that I know Brussels so well and come here so often. I am > going to Dublin on July 11th for the first time in 20 years. For that trip > I will take the Fuji, becuase I will be out drinking Guinness after dark > and need a camera that can shoot at high ISO, which the M8 certainly > cannot. I have the ISO set to max 320 on the M8, inspired by George who a > few months ago told me to think of it as an M8 loaded with Tri-X. That is > exactly what I do. > > As for Belgium?yes, I love this place. I think it is a wonderful country, > with great food, friendly people, a pulsating multicultural capital, the > world?s best beer beer and chocolate, and great food from all over the > world?and all this in a city 1/8 the size of New York. What?s not to like? > It is probably also because I lived here from 1995 to 2000, and those were > some of the happiest years of my life. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > >> On 24 Jun 2019, at 16:16, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >> I love all of your M8 photos. You seem to have a different perspective >> using it. Lots of people!! And you seem to love Belgium! >> >> Tina >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley >> www.tinamanley.com >> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley >> <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html> >> *https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html >> <https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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