Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 4/13/04 3:06 AM, eric at leica_korenman@hotmail.com wrote: > For the past year I have been shooting family and portrait work with an R7 > with 60mm Macro and 90mm Elmarit lenses. > I have heard much praise on the LUG for the 90mm elmarit, but I just can't > get my lens to 'sing' like my 60mm. > Images always seems a bit too soft (well, yes compared to the razor sharp > 60mm), but I like deadly sharp focus. > Any suggestions? - I try to shoot the 90mm at 5.6. I am usually using > strobes, so shutter speed is 1/100. > > thanks > Eric > Eric, Before spending money on a 100 APO I'd check your technique and have the lens checked, in that order. Is it possible that your middle-distance photos that seem soft are influenced by ambient lighting? The flash ought to give you zero camera motion but if there's much ambient light the 1/100 sec shutter speed might not be fast enough. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com