Thank you, Philippe. --- On Tue, 1/6/09, Philippe AMARD <philippe.amard@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Philippe AMARD <philippe.amard@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: [LRflex] Re: A traditional Malay wedding > To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 2:50 PM > I had missed these. > Congrats on your good work. > My favourite is the hands with the fine silk of the dress. > Bien cordialement > Phx > > > Ruhayat X wrote: > > >Dear Aram, > > > >thank you for your kind comments. I absolutely agree -- > weddings are nerve-wracking (and it's not even mine!). > Not something I would do for money, and I take my hat off to > those who do it for a living. The toughest thing for me was > getting good exposure in frequently shaded areas while > trying to ensure the bride's white dress does not get > blown. > > > >The E-1 viewfinder is good enough for manual focusing > with the 50mm Cron (due to the 100mm effective FOV), but it > becomes harder with the 28mm. If I ever get serious enough > to do semi-commercial work I can see how a Canon might come > in handy for the low light performance, though -- the E-1 is > quite noisy above ISO200. Personally I like it, but others > often beg to differ. > > > >Cheers, > >Amri > > > > > >--- On Sat, 1/3/09, Aram Langhans > <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > >>From: Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >>Subject: [LRflex] Re: A traditional Malay wedding > >>To: "leica reflex freelists" > <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 11:39 PM > >>Amri. > >> > >>Now if that were true, there would be no good > wedding > >>photos before the advent of autofocus... Perhaps > the E-1 is > >>not the tool for the manual lenses to be used on... > A good > >>old Leica R10 would be nice, or if you can't > find that, > >>perhaps the R9.2 diesel would do in a pinch. > >> > >>They look fine to me. Interesting. I thnk the > casual one > >>of the couple laughing is priceless. #2 and #3 are > also > >>well done, as you have selectively focused on one > part of > >>the frame that perhaps would have been more > difficult or > >>time consming with an autofocus system. > >> > >> have photographed weddings for friends and former > students > >>and they are nerve-racking. It has been many years > and I > >>don't think my wife would let me attempt it > again, even > >>though the photos all came out just fine, and it > was more > >>than they were ever going to get if I did not do > it. > >> > >>Aram> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 20:53:24 +0000> > From: > >>ruhayatx@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [LRflex] A > traditional > >>Malay wedding> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Hi > >>all,> > a good friend of mine got married > recently and > >>asked me to take the photos. A few are posted on my > Flickr > >>page:> > > >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/32905356@N03/> > > This is > >>only my second attempt at doing weddings, so > perhaps using a > >>manual lens and no flash wasn't such a hot > idea! :) But > >>I managed to get some good ones, although I do > think that > >>the Summicron-R 50mm deserves a better sensor than > that of > >>the Olympus E-1 I used.> > Cheers,> > Amri> > > >> > >> > >>>>------> Unsubscribe or change to/from > Digest > >>>> > >>>> > >>Mode at:> http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/> > Archives > >>are at:> > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > >>_________________________________________________________________ > >>Send e-mail faster without improving your typing > skills. > >>http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008 > >> > >> > > > > > > > >------ > >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/