Robert - your beach shots make me want to book a quick getwaway somewhere warm.
Allen - #2 is a great catch with the pope.
Tom - love how close to the action your shots are.
Werner - looks like you are using the S a fair bit... Nice output.
Joakim - nice colours
Webisweb - why lie?
Gary Clennan wrote:
Robert - your beach shots make me want to book a quick getwaway somewhere warm.
Gary, come on down.... temp should hit 70s today.
Werner, you are working that S(006). Lots of good stuff recently.
Ryan, you are making me regret selling my Q.
Websiweb, Why lie, indeed. I recently saw a young lady in New Orleans holding a sign that read, "Lesbian.... need money for a dildo." Of course, I contributed to her efforts.
Wonderful work everyone! Man those deep snow images are wonderful. It's the total opposite here in California!
I'm excited to finally try out a 90mm Summicron, I have a Pre-APO on its way to me. I expect I'll pair it with a 35 most often, but depending on how I get on with it I may look into that VF magnifier as an option. I do at least have the EVF for my 240, but if I wanted to use it on film, it may or may-not be as forgiving.
Speaking of magnifiers, has anyone tried the adjustable one from MGR?
From what I've seen, magnifiers work better for some people than for others — perhaps also depending on the type of M viewfinder that you have. For example, as background, in the M6 that I was shooting with until 2006 I had an 0.85x viewfinder, which I had had installed to replace the standard 0.72x viewfinder. The reason I replaced the latter was because my M6/0.72x, produced in 1988, sometimes flared so badly when shooting in the very bright light of Thailand that the viewfinder was sometimes unusable. The 0.85x viewfinder was a new one that did not have the flaring problem. Also, I chose the 0.85x version because I was shooting mainly with 50 mm lenses.
I had normal long vision but needed reading glasses. As the focus patch in the Leica M viewfinders uses a virtual distance of 2 meters, I didn't need to use reading glasses and generally had no problem focusing 21–50 mm lenses. However, like anyone else, I had great difficulty in focusing the Summilux-75 and the Nocitlux-50 at their maximum apertures. For that reason I bought a Leica magnifier, but found it didn't help me to focus these two lenses better because, it seemed to me, that the effect of the magnification was offset by having a darker image in the viewfinder.
Now, when I got the M9 and the M-Monochrom a few years ago, I found some difficulty focusing their 0.58x viewfinders at larger apertures with any lens. Again, the magnifier didn't help me. Instead, I bought a Walter Leica Eyepiece, which is made according to you eye prescription so that it corrects for the diopter as well as any astigmatism that you have. It turns out that I have mild astigmatism — without the Walter Leica Eyepiece I doubt that I would continue using a Leica-M viewfinder camera. Here is the webpage: http://walterleica.com/eyepiece.html
Loving the black and white, Uhoh, Dylan, Werner, and Retrofocus. What works for me seems to be big blocks of light and dark -- almost abstract arrangements -- but each one has subtle tonal patterns that reveal texture and subjects. I wonder if faster film would contribute to that (I've only shot with ISO 100) (not that I can see myself getting back into film without a dedicated darkroom).
Allen, the RN photo might be one of the strongest background blurs I've ever seen that still conveys useful context. :-)
Not this image, but I had my first run-in with parallax this week. Had everything nicely aligned across the center of the frame ... of the viewfinder. Hmm. Rarely a problem, I suspect, but something to keep in mind.
Mitch Alland wrote:
From what I've seen, magnifiers work better for some people than for others — perhaps also depending on the type of M viewfinder that you have. For example, as background, in the M6 that I was shooting with until 2006 I had an 0.85x viewfinder, which I had had installed to replace the standard 0.72x viewfinder. The reason I replaced the latter was because my M6/0.72x, produced in 1988, sometimes flared so badly when shooting in the very bright light of Thailand that the viewfinder was sometimes unusable. The 0.85x viewfinder was a new one that did not have the flaring problem. Also, I chose the 0.85x version because I was shooting mainly with 50 mm lenses.
I guess I was lucky with my M6 model with 0.72x viewfinder which I bought used recently. The serial number indicates that it was manufactured in 1995 - likely a later production batch which might have removed the issue of the flaring rangefinder. So far I didn't see any problem with it.
Ryan: spectacular set
Retro, nice snow shots
Joakim, nice color in the clouds.
Coogee, really like the last two sets.
Reims: rich wave
Gary, nice work.
joanlvh, love that chandelier
Jon, another nice Portland shot.
I'm now learning the most advanced astrophotography cameras use cooled monochrome CCD sensors and then get color back with filters. Here is a little intro on those cameras
Beautiful shots! I love that lens and its complete absence of distortion, and there is something special about the color rendering it produces. I am sure your client is happy with your work.
