----- Original Message ----- From: "FreeLists Mailing List Manager" <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "leicareflex digest users" <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 12:06 AM Subject: leicareflex Digest V7 #7 > Leica Reflex Forum Digest > +------------------------+------------------------------------ > leicareflex Digest Thu, 07 Jan 2010 Volume: 07 Issue: 007 > > In This Issue: > [LRflex] IMG: Walking the dog > [LRflex] Some from the Getty Villa > [LRflex] > [LRflex] Re: [LRflex] > [LRflex] Re: [LRflex] > [LRflex] Re: Using the M6 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> > Subject: [LRflex] IMG: Walking the dog > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 19:49:47 +0100 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Les+Gens/2010+has+taken+off-1150085-3.jpg.html > > Bien cordialement de Metz > Philippe > > > > ------------------------------ > > From: Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [LRflex] Some from the Getty Villa > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 16:43:12 -0800 > > Enjoying the great sunshine down here in Southern California. Getting > over a cold, but still taking in some sights. > > > > Went the the Getty Villa the other day and took a few shots to share. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/198771-2/GettyVilla-6530.jpg > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/198786-2/GettyVilla-6550.jpg > > > > Such nice weather down here, I might even have some friday flowers to > share. None back home, that is for sure. > > > > Comments and criticism welcome. > > > > Aram > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------ > > From: "Richard" <ryee3@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [LRflex] > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:26:49 -0600 > > What is the best focusing screen to use for rapid focusing? A plan ground > glass or a screen with a central microprism? > Would have a fixed grid aid as suggested by someone on the forum add to > easier focussing? > Thanks for everyones thoughts! > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:30:44 -0500 (EST) > From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [LRflex] Re: [LRflex] > > Richard wrote: > >>>> > What is the best focusing screen to use for rapid focusing? A plan ground > glass or a screen with a central microprism? > <<< > > Which camera body and which lens? > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > Dear Doug: Camera body R8 or R9. Lenses 90mm Elmarit and 280mm Apo f2.8 using it for basketball and other fast moving sports. Thanks > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:38:56 -0500 > From: Charlie Falke <chfalke@xxxxxxx> > Subject: [LRflex] Re: [LRflex] > > Richard wrote: What is the best focusing screen to use for rapid focusing? > Aplan ground glass or a screen with a central microprism? Would have a > fixed > grid aid as suggested by someone on the forum add to easier focussing? > Thanksfor everyones thoughts! ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest > Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/[1] Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/[2] Richard, > It depends on the lens you are using and what the aperture is set at > while you are focusing. With faster lenses microprisms are good, > typically > a coarse microprism in the center and a finer one in the periphery > as in the SL. With slower lenses, or faster lenses with manual > diaphragms, > the microprisms especially the central coarse ones, go partly dark and > become less useful. Plain ground glass doesn't do this, but is dimmer and > harder to judge precise focus. Plain glass with a cross hair to keep your > eyes focused on the image plane is the best, in theory, for long lenses. > You could get such a screen for the Nikon F. Not for sports. :-) > I've always been able to use the SL screen. I will be watching for > what Doug says when you answer his reply. > -- Charlie Falke _____ /\ | __/\__/------/__) |(____\/_________/ "One test > result is worth | |/ `o one thousand expert opinions" - Wernher Von Braun > 0 > N4003M "Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein > > --- Links --- > 1 http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > 2 //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:02:16 -0500 > From: "Jeffrey L. T. Gluck" <jgluckphoto66@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [LRflex] Re: Using the M6 > > To add at what's been said, the M and R are two very different tools. I > have been using Leicas since the 1970s and generally use my Ms for > everything other than macro, close-up, long-focus work. The rangefinder > Ms have their limitations. One cannot capture a bird or small animal > close up with an M as you are limited to a maximum focal length of 135mm > (excepting a Visoflex set-up, of course). A great deal of my work over > the years, in addition to the usual family snaps and some > street/docmentary photography, has been landscape and scenic, for which > I use the Ms. However, I always keep my SL or R7 at the ready with a > zoom or long-focus prime lens to pick out interesting details in the > scenery. This past Thanksgiving I used my SL with 35/2 'cron for family > pictures, giving the Ms a well-deserved rest. It was different shooting > wide angle with the SL, not better or worse, just different. > > Jeff Gluck > >> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > End of leicareflex Digest V7 #7 > ******************************* > ********************* > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/