[LRflex] Re: leicareflex Digest V7 #7
- From: "Richard" <ryee3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 02:14:33 -0600
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> Leica Reflex Forum Digest
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> leicareflex Digest Thu, 07 Jan 2010 Volume: 07 Issue: 007
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> 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
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> From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex] IMG: Walking the dog
> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 19:49:47 +0100
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Les+Gens/2010+has+taken+off-1150085-3.jpg.html
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> Bien cordialement de Metz
> Philippe
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> From: Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex] Some from the Getty Villa
> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 16:43:12 -0800
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> Enjoying the great sunshine down here in Southern California. Getting
> over a cold, but still taking in some sights.
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> Went the the Getty Villa the other day and took a few shots to share.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/198771-2/GettyVilla-6530.jpg
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/198786-2/GettyVilla-6550.jpg
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> Such nice weather down here, I might even have some friday flowers to
> share. None back home, that is for sure.
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> Comments and criticism welcome.
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> Aram
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> From: "Richard" <ryee3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex]
> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:26:49 -0600
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> 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!
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> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:30:44 -0500 (EST)
> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: [LRflex]
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> Richard wrote:
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> What is the best focusing screen to use for rapid focusing? A plan ground
> glass or a screen with a central microprism?
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> Which camera body and which lens?
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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> 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
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> Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:38:56 -0500
> From: Charlie Falke <chfalke@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: [LRflex]
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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
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