[LRflex] Re: (LRflex) Shopping Frustration
- From: Richard Ward <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:14:38 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Steve Lang <stevelang@xxxxxxxxx>
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 1:58:39 AM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: (LRflex) Shopping Frustration
Hi Richard,
~Hi Again Steve!
I was in the same boat as you- I was looking for an inexpensive 'user' R lens
for my Canon DSLR. For such use the version of the lens doesn't matter, so 1 or
2 cam is fine. What I ended up doing was looking at EBay auctions for Leicaflex
cameras with lenses- typically 50mm Summicron. My logic was that other people
looking for lenses might not watch camera auctions. After seeing some 50mm
Summicron auctions go for around $300, I ended up with a Leicaflex SL + 50mm
Summicron for less than that. After years of thinking there was no way to get
into Leica for under a grand or so, I find a nice side entrance. ;-)
~A great method and one I used to get my Zeiss Pancolar! Individually, they
were selling for a lot a few years ago when I bought mine, so I picked up a dog
eared Practica with it on the front for substantially less. Unfortunately, I
have yet to get a Leica with Lens successfully purchased yet.
~As for the 1,2,3 Cam Conundrum I puzzled over, I quite recently figured out
the cam counts are quite independent of the quality of the Optical Design of
the Lens in question.
BTW- I love that baseball shot. I am wondering which direction the ball is
going. ;-) I am guessing that the bat is just about to meet the ball.
~I am fairly sure it's an 'Outbound' baseball, due to the extreme way the
batter's clothes are moving and the tension in his muscles, but I don't know
for sure. I was relying on Prefocussing, High Shutter Speed, the 20D's quick
shooting speed, profligrate shooting, and oodle's of good luck to get shots
like that. I'm not a natural sports shooter because I don't fundamentally
understand the games, the rhythyms, and I have a poor sense of timing. I
previsualized what 'kind of shot' I wanted (Peak of Action that also tells a
story) and then reached into my Photographic Skills Toolbox and figured out how
my available knowledge and equipment could get a shot like that.
Cheers
Steve
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