Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The eyes still have it. On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 1:18 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Yesterday I put the 90mm Leica Tele-Elmarit on my Panasonic GX80, thus > mixing technologies 50 years apart. I wanted to see how well I could focus > this lens manually at close distances and wide apertures. > > I first tried just a shot of my desk, at f2.8 and the minimum focusing > distance of 1 meter: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-N6S2jGV/A > > But then I decided to look for more interesting test subjects, and as > usual, my Greek colleague Eri was a willing victim. This is also at around > 1 meter, but I did close down one stop to f4: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RP9dk47/A > > I think the GX80 is a good platform for this lens, one of my favourite > Leica lenses. > > 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 > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com