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Nice portrait, your dad looks very youthful 
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Wonderful color, Armando - and of course clarity and light. I love the blues of your father's shirt with the OOF roaring red sign in the background! Your father and I look as though we might be of a similar age range - that means that I could have been your mother!?
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Kal - I've never used a Leica (besides my former X1 which doesn't count in this discussion) so I don't have a real understanding about the whole focussing issue. I still like your shot - and think the turquoise blue and white background is great with this wild cat woman!
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Wonderful color, Armando - and of course clarity and light. I love the blues of your father's shirt with the OOF roaring red sign in the background! Your father and I look as though we might be of a similar age range - that means that I could have been your mother!?
Are you my long lost mother? Just kidding!!! Dad is old, but thankfully, he looks young and is still healthy. He's still also hoping that somehow, he's going to inherit the M9! I tell him that he'd have a hard time manually focusing the rangefinder!
Yeah, If I were (as an semi-experienced amatuer photographer) to describe focusing with a rangefinder; I would say:
When you look through a leica veiwfinder, you see the whole scene before you - and superimposed over it are the bright framelines to help you compose (these are a guide only), and in the middle - the rangefinder patch.
I only have one M lens, a C-Sonnar 50mm f1.5, so this is my point of reference. It has a total focus throw of about 90° from 0.9m-infinity.
At f2.8 focusing on a subject at aboout 2m away, you have about 20cm depth of field. Already getting a sharp subject requires the focusing ring be aligned within a fraction of a degree.
At f1.5 (but otherwise as above) you have 10cm DoF - and the point of sharpest focus shifts towards you by about 15cm which the rangefinder patch cannot adjust for so you have to "wing it".
I think Bernd said in another thread that rangefinders "Can be a nervous horse to ride on" - I wholehearedly agree.
Hovever, and this is really important... It's FUN!
The satisfaction of learing how to use a lens, and eke the best out of it in different situations, might not be for everyone - but I think it is for me!
Using a rangefinder is a great teacher, if you can put up with the lessons. And not being at the mercy of autofocus is wonderful, I can completely see how after a few years regular use you would never go back.
- It is simple in theory
- It is intuitive and obvious
- It helps to have good eyesight
- above all else, it really rewards PRACTICE
When you look through a leica veiwfinder, you see the whole scene before you - and superimposed over it are the bright framelines to help you compose (these are a guide only), and in the middle - the rangefinder patch.
I only have one M lens, a C-Sonnar 50mm f1.5, so this is my point of reference. It has a total focus throw of about 90° from 0.9m-infinity.
At f2.8 focusing on a subject at aboout 2m away, you have about 20cm depth of field. Already getting a sharp subject requires the focusing ring be aligned within a fraction of a degree.
At f1.5 (but otherwise as above) you have 10cm DoF - and the point of sharpest focus shifts towards you by about 15cm which the rangefinder patch cannot adjust for so you have to "wing it".
I think Bernd said in another thread that rangefinders "Can be a nervous horse to ride on" - I wholehearedly agree.
Hovever, and this is really important... It's FUN!
The satisfaction of learing how to use a lens, and eke the best out of it in different situations, might not be for everyone - but I think it is for me!
Using a rangefinder is a great teacher, if you can put up with the lessons. And not being at the mercy of autofocus is wonderful, I can completely see how after a few years regular use you would never go back.
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Thank you, Kal. Someday I will get a chance to see through one. I'm 100% sure that I would not be up to the task due to my eye sight challenges. I switched to auto focus when it became too time consuming for me to use the split image focussing screen.
I am so pleased that you're enjoying your M8 journey and getting such good results, even though it is still a challenge sometimes!
I am so pleased that you're enjoying your M8 journey and getting such good results, even though it is still a challenge sometimes!Here's another (already posted on the "Sonnar" thread) with the lens wide open,
This is at a distance of about 4m, it is a mild square crop. I got lucky with the focus this time as it's dead sharp in the frame centre; but if I had had to rely on autofocus - I might not have nailed the timing.
"Getting Good" at something is never meant to be easy
This is at a distance of about 4m, it is a mild square crop. I got lucky with the focus this time as it's dead sharp in the frame centre; but if I had had to rely on autofocus - I might not have nailed the timing.
"Getting Good" at something is never meant to be easy
Kevin Miller
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Dont own a Leica... but my other half does... and she sometimes lets me play with them
here are some shots from a one hour walk with the M8 and a 35mm summilux.... i think
Learning Leica #1 by kevinparis, on Flickr
Learning Leica #2 by kevinparis, on Flickr
Learning Leica #6 by kevinparis, on Flickr
a few more here
Leica - a set on Flickr
Kevin
here are some shots from a one hour walk with the M8 and a 35mm summilux.... i think
Learning Leica #1 by kevinparis, on Flickr
Learning Leica #2 by kevinparis, on Flickr
Learning Leica #6 by kevinparis, on Flickr
a few more here
Leica - a set on Flickr
Kevin
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Beautiful blue Bombay Sapphire bottle - love the colors in there, must have been early on in the evening.
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Gee, I only just now realized that I'd missed a bunch of the previous photographs on this thread - my apologies, and my loss until just now.
theflyer, you've got great colors going on, especially in your second here. Please stop by our Welcomes and Introductions forum when you have the chance - and I'd love to know what kind of stork that is - if you know. There's something very compelling and a little bit humorous about his expression.
theflyer, you've got great colors going on, especially in your second here. Please stop by our Welcomes and Introductions forum when you have the chance - and I'd love to know what kind of stork that is - if you know. There's something very compelling and a little bit humorous about his expression.
hey bb - i'm not sure what kind of bird that is in the third shot. it was taken at the neo animal park in okinawa, in an area where flamingos and other tropical birds walk around freely. this particular bird was by itself, and he seemed unnerved by my presence. i didn't attempt to take a shot as i approached, mostly because i was afraid he would fly away. as i walked past him, he was careful to watch me until i was well past where he was standing. when he turned his head towards the front, i raised my camera, focused, and when he looked back once more to make sure i had gone, i snapped the shot.
taken with a ZM 50/1.5 sonnar wide open.
taken with a ZM 50/1.5 sonnar wide open.
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I like the art deco look with those writhing film strips - and the naked ladies. Very nice use of black and white here, Kal. Pleases promise to give us an "after" image, if and when the club reopens!
Very nice use of black and white here, Kal. Pleases promise to give us an "after" image, if and when the club reopens!Today was a good day for shooting - got 'em into lightroom and damn I'd heard it before, but the M8 is really a HOOVER for dust. It's all over my sky, my clouds, just gaahhhhh.
Gahhhhh!!!! I say.
Anyway, While I kick back and spend the next hour in Lightroom, Here's one I just developed that I quite like (from that festival again)
Gahhhhh!!!! I say.
Anyway, While I kick back and spend the next hour in Lightroom, Here's one I just developed that I quite like (from that festival again)
