ARCHITECTURE & WIDE ANGLE LENSES

[jlm]

d'orsay, paris
M8, wate at 21mm before IR filter, so left b/w

 

[jlm]

parthenon, paris
M8, WATE or C/V 15, no IR filter

 

[Lloyd]

d'orsay, paris
M8, wate at 21mm before IR filter, so left b/w

Wow, that's just a beautiful image. The framing and composition are outstanding, and the people, together with the overall scale, almost give this the look of an architectural mock up or model. Nice!!:salute:

 

[viablex1]

man no kidding, that second one is very well done, an M2 huh, darn you leica users, makes me want to try one of those older cameras!!!

 

[jlm]

thanks

jm

 

[helenhill]

WOW JIm .....LOVE IT
the Parthenon Paris is ASTOUNDING :clap:

Is that 'The Hotel' and did YOU Stay There ?

Best-H

 

[jlm]

in the crypts of the Parthenon, a hotel of sorts, long term stay. the Parthenon is a museum not far from the Sorbonne; the cellar houses the tombs of many historical characters

 

[jlm]

a vacancy.

this place is fascinating

 

[jlm]

the clock in d'Orsay, another remarkable place

 

[helenhill]

hehehe BEAUTIFUL & ATMOSPHERIC Jim
It just occurred to me I was thinking of the Plaza Athenee in Paris.....

heres another NYC view and one with the Men in Blue ....M2 / SA 21

 

[Stuart Richardson]

Lovely shots everyone! It is always interesting to see how spoiled we M users are with wide angle lenses. Rangefinders really are just so much better on this front -- the lack of distortion, while still keeping sharpness and a nice look. They just tend to have more character than most SLR wide angles I have seen (and I am even including Leica R in that...I think my Zeiss 18mm and 25mm are much nicer than the Leica 19mm I have for the R).
Here is one with Zeiss 25mm...not really architecture, but it keeps lines straight!

 

[jlm]

stuart:

you miss that diner?

jm

 

[laptoprob]

Why not really architecture? The Diner is an American Icon in architecture!

 

[Stuart Richardson]

I miss the setting and the light more than I miss the food! Though the food was certainly not bad...

 

[woodyspedden]

Lovely shots everyone! It is always interesting to see how spoiled we M users are with wide angle lenses. Rangefinders really are just so much better on this front -- the lack of distortion, while still keeping sharpness and a nice look. They just tend to have more character than most SLR wide angles I have seen (and I am even including Leica R in that...I think my Zeiss 18mm and 25mm are much nicer than the Leica 19mm I have for the R).
Here is one with Zeiss 25mm...not really architecture, but it keeps lines straight!

Stuart

You need to try the Leica 15 Elmarit. It just doesn't get better than this!

Woody

 

[gero]

here is what we do to rectangular, simetrical, straight, & large things that we make to use.

Helen, this is with the 21 sa 3.4 with the M8

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

On the coast of Maine (Port Clyde, I think):

Only needed a 35/2.0 for this. The passageway does the rest.

scott

 

[otumay]

Scott, this is a BEAUTIFUL photo! Wow!

 

[Lloyd]

On the coast of Maine (Port Clyde, I think):

Only needed a 35/2.0 for this. The passageway does the rest.

scott

Excellent!!:thumbup:

 

[scott kirkpatrick]

Thanks, and for a change of pace, using my Zeiss 21/2.8 (effective 28mm, a useful street focal length) here's getting close to a group of people while still seeing what is going on in and around them. On the beach near Taba, border between Israel and Egypt on the Red Sea:

scott