Here are some more from my visit to the car show yesterday. I did a walk through of the show, and got some images of the parked cars. Then noticed that there was a small "cruise" road at the show. I spent the rest of the day at the side of this road photographing the cars and the drivers as they cruised by. Much more interesting to me to put the two together. Also enjoyable to relax and visit with friends while shooting.
The others photographers noticed I was shooting with a Leica M, and commented on it. Leica cameras get noticed by other photographers it seems. None of them had very had the opportunity to shoot one, or any rangefinder. I let a number of them put their cards in and spend some time shooting my M10-P. I showed them how to focus using the Range Finder. I also showed them how great it all worked with just setting Zone Focus in this circumstance, along with how to set the exposure to the light and leave it alone. All of the recognized that this was much simpler than managing AF and AE on their "modern" digital cameras. They all commented on how it let them focus on the scene when shooting. I enjoyed watching their experience having had the same revelations recently myself. I think Leica should come up with ways to let people try the M cameras.
I had the 28mm on the camera and the 50mm in my pocket. I never felt the need nor the desire to switch lenses. So, shot all day with the 28mm. Before I would have had a zoom, and spent all day fiddling with Focal Lengths, AF, and AE. The 30 day project has ended, but the learning continues. I love that.
Anyway, enjoy these few images in monochrome.
-Steve-
I spent some effort and frames trying to get this overlap shot type of shot to tell the "cruising story".
My surf buddy and the woody he hand restored himself.
I like the weathered look as much as the shinny cars. I am told that it takes a lot of money and work to get them to look this way.
james3shin wrote:
Had a question for the monochrom shooters, do APO lenses have any benefit for black and white photos?
Absolutely. Everything that's good about APO lenses on color cameras remains true for mono, but the lack of CA presents itself as a lack of strange tonal shifts that you would see with a poorly corrected lens. Otherwise you get the same strong resolution/contrast they provide in color. They may change the way you use filters, though. Deeper colors may give you more contrast that you want.
I haven't had much time for shooting, but I did play around with my Canon FD 300/2.8 and 1.4x TC on the mono-converted rII in my backyard with some help from these two. I think it needs to go hiking with me next weekend.
Love these! How do you like the 28 v2 compared to the v1?
1bwana1 wrote:
Here are some more from my visit to the car show yesterday. I did a walk through of the show, and got some images of the parked cars. Then noticed that there was a small "cruise" road at the show. I spent the rest of the day at the side of this road photographing the cars and the drivers as they cruised by. Much more interesting to me to put the two together. Also enjoyable to relax and visit with friends while shooting.
The others photographers noticed I was shooting with a Leica M, and commented on it. Leica cameras get noticed by other photographers it seems. None of them had very had the opportunity to shoot one, or any rangefinder. I let a number of them put their cards in and spend some time shooting my M10-P. I showed them how to focus using the Range Finder. I also showed them how great it all worked with just setting Zone Focus in this circumstance, along with how to set the exposure to the light and leave it alone. All of the recognized that this was much simpler than managing AF and AE on their "modern" digital cameras. They all commented on how it let them focus on the scene when shooting. I enjoyed watching their experience having had the same revelations recently myself. I think Leica should come up with ways to let people try the M cameras.
I had the 28mm on the camera and the 50mm in my pocket. I never felt the need nor the desire to switch lenses. So, shot all day with the 28mm. Before I would have had a zoom, and spent all day fiddling with Focal Lengths, AF, and AE. The 30 day project has ended, but the learning continues. I love that.
Mark Sisco wrote:
Love these! How do you like the 28 v2 compared to the v1?
I answered you PM on this. I will post that answer again here to share with the community.
I like it very much. It is smaller and lighter than the V1 so easier to have with me. It is the primary lens I leave mounted on my M10-P. But, so was the version 1.
Ergonomically, on my copy the aperture ring is not as stiff as I would like. It sometimes tends to get bumped off the setting I wanted when I focus. This is probably due to the click stops not being that tight, and the small size which makes it more likely to get bumped. I prefer the v2 for the smaller, less bulbus front lens element. I am less likely to accidently touch it during handling so don't get smudges on it as much.
Optically it is a bit better, but both were good in my opinion. The center of both generations is nice and sharp. The v 2 is a bit sharper in the center at wide open, but stop down and both are excellent. The big difference is at the edges and corners. Version 2 is noticeably much better there. Noticeable on my M10-P, but really a big improvement on my Sony cameras where the version 1 was not very good in the corners. I think flaring is also somewhat better on the version 2.
Thanks Steve, and apologies for missing the PM reply and posting my question twice. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
1bwana1 wrote:
I answered you PM on this. I will post that answer again here to share with the community.
I like it very much. It is smaller and lighter than the V1 so easier to have with me. It is the primary lens I leave mounted on my M10-P. But, so was the version 1.
Ergonomically, on my copy the aperture ring is not as stiff as I would like. It sometimes tends to get bumped off the setting I wanted when I focus. This is probably due to the click stops not being that tight, and the small size which makes it more likely to get bumped. I prefer the v2 for the smaller, less bulbus front lens element. I am less likely to accidently touch it during handling so don't get smudges on it as much.
Optically it is a bit better, but both were good in my opinion. The center of both generations is nice and sharp. The v 2 is a bit sharper in the center at wide open, but stop down and both are excellent. The big difference is at the edges and corners. Version 2 is noticeably much better there. Noticeable on my M10-P, but really a big improvement on my Sony cameras where the version 1 was not very good in the corners. I think flaring is also somewhat better on the version 2.
