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The All New More and More Fun With Digital M Images
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Lloyd
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Lloyd
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Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images
Some really nice images, and so very Central Park. I love what you do with that 18mm on the M8. Do you use a UV/IR filter on it now?
Lloyd
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Re: "The Lava Lounge and penthouse residences (ca 2007)"
Interesting and colorful place. Seems in stark contrast to much of Seattle, especially on those dreary, rainy winter days.
Lloyd
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Terry
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Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images
Yeah, but that's when the trash trucks are out in force and show up nightly outside your window and wake you up. :ROTFL:Contrary to popular belief, the city actually does sleep (sorta) once in a while.
DavidE
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Lloyd
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Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images
(Except when they're on strike, and then you can't sleep for the smell.:angry
Too dang true!!
(Except when they're on strike, and then you can't sleep for the smell.:angry
DavidE
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Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images
Not sure why I have an affinity for the 18mm. Guess I like that wrapped-around-your-head feel of a sharp wide-angle lens. I reach for it whenever there's enough light.
Here are a couple more with the 18.
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Thanks, Lloyd. If I remember correctly, I didn't have the filter for the 18 when I first took the lens to Vegas, but since then, the filter has stayed on.
Not sure why I have an affinity for the 18mm. Guess I like that wrapped-around-your-head feel of a sharp wide-angle lens. I reach for it whenever there's enough light.
Here are a couple more with the 18.
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Lloyd
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Lloyd
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Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images
I have to admit that I've coveted that 18mm since you first started posting your shots with it. You've taken some amazing stuff. And I agree about a sharp wide angle, which I think is somewhat under appreciated by many photographers. For years my favorite wide angle was the 24mm, which is the same field of view as the 18 on the M8. And that quality... it has few peers. I've heard that it doesn't perform quite as well on the M9, however.
m_driscoll
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Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images
DavidE: Great shots with the 18mm. Are these cropped at all? I've been looking at this lens every time I go into my Leica dealer. The only problem to me was the f/3.5; but, you've shown with your wonderful photos that it clearly shouldn't be a deciding factor. Cheers.
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DavidE: Great shots with the 18mm. Are these cropped at all? I've been looking at this lens every time I go into my Leica dealer. The only problem to me was the f/3.5; but, you've shown with your wonderful photos that it clearly shouldn't be a deciding factor. Cheers.
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GrahamWelland
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Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images
David,
A nice series. You must be either exceptionally tall or hanging from the railings to get these shots! :ROTFL:
David,
A nice series. You must be either exceptionally tall or hanging from the railings to get these shots! :ROTFL:
Reminds me of a line from The Larry Sanders Show. Someone says to the Rip Torn character, "Be there or be square." Rip Torn replies, "I can be both!"
I visited New York a couple of weeks ago for PhotoPlus Expo. It seemed as though just about everyone in Time Square was either taking pictures or being photographed. I fell into a mode one evening where I would watch and try to capture an interesting photo of the process.
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Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M9 Images
have you taken the time to play with the 25?
any conclusions on this, Jono?
have you taken the time to play with the 25?
jonoslack
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Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M9 Images
I hope you're well - We're hoping to come over to Paris for a weekend at the end of Jan, start of Feb.
Anyway - yes, I have tried it, and it is sharp to the corners as you would expect. However, there seem to be some issues with the corner shading. Mine is coded as a 24 elmarit, but the shading compensation is perhaps a bit too much, sometimes resulting in a red tinge (grey skies for instance). I'm planning on trying it as a 28 'cron and see if that produces a better result.
HI There Cam
I hope you're well - We're hoping to come over to Paris for a weekend at the end of Jan, start of Feb.
Anyway - yes, I have tried it, and it is sharp to the corners as you would expect. However, there seem to be some issues with the corner shading. Mine is coded as a 24 elmarit, but the shading compensation is perhaps a bit too much, sometimes resulting in a red tinge (grey skies for instance). I'm planning on trying it as a 28 'cron and see if that produces a better result.
Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M9 Images
i know it's gorgeous on the M8 but i also know that there will be an M9 in my future, so i'm trying to take that into consideration... i would love to see an image -- perhaps, converted to b/w?
can't wait to see you! i've gone back and forth about this lens, loving it's draw but hating the speed... there's one FS on the board so it got me thinking again.
i know it's gorgeous on the M8 but i also know that there will be an M9 in my future, so i'm trying to take that into consideration... i would love to see an image -- perhaps, converted to b/w?
DavidE
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Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images
Here's the platform in Times Square where I perched myself for a couple of hours. I was on the left side of those red steps about half of the way up.
I had read Sean Reid's article on street photography. He mentioned the strategy of picking a public place where people expect to be photographed and aren't thrown off by a camera. You find a spot with a lot of traffic, wait patiently, and watch for something interesting. Occasionally, I would see something off to the side, but mostly it was the looking-down-to-the-side view that worked best (that has the added benefit of making the 50 lux like a wide-angle lens in its perspective).
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Thanks, Graham. I always bring a step ladder with me... no, wait, that can't be right.
Here's the platform in Times Square where I perched myself for a couple of hours. I was on the left side of those red steps about half of the way up.
I had read Sean Reid's article on street photography. He mentioned the strategy of picking a public place where people expect to be photographed and aren't thrown off by a camera. You find a spot with a lot of traffic, wait patiently, and watch for something interesting. Occasionally, I would see something off to the side, but mostly it was the looking-down-to-the-side view that worked best (that has the added benefit of making the 50 lux like a wide-angle lens in its perspective).
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DavidE
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Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images
I assume (probably naively) that the M9 simply opens up the image, adding about 30 percent to the outer edges. I guess the question becomes: Is that too wide-angle for ordinary shots? As I understand it, the depth of field should remain the same for the center portion, while the opened-up outer portion would have less depth of field being closer to the camera.
I'll be getting an M9 at some point, so I'll find out.
I assume (probably naively) that the M9 simply opens up the image, adding about 30 percent to the outer edges. I guess the question becomes: Is that too wide-angle for ordinary shots? As I understand it, the depth of field should remain the same for the center portion, while the opened-up outer portion would have less depth of field being closer to the camera.
