Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bruce - I was tempted by the 12 but given all I'd read about how much trouble it was to keep your own feet out of the shots I decided to go with the 15. It presents its own problems. Early on, until I learned to position myself properly w.r.t the sun, my shadow kept appearing in the corner of the frame - a real nuisance. Thanks for the comments. >The sky shot is my favorite ...................... have you tried a 12mm? > >B. > >On 2-feb-2006, at 3:27, Richard S. Taylor wrote: > >>I got a 15 mm Heliar from Stephen Gandy a couple of weeks ago. This >>is the first time I used a really wide lens. It's been a gas. The >>strange perspective is fun to play with. I was about 5 feet from >>the tree in the first photo. >> >>I used Ted's trick of framing in the 15 mm finder then levelling >>with the internal framelines before taking the picture. It worked >>- most of the time. Some levelling required in PS in a few. >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/3_02A_0075_web >> >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/2_00_0042_web >> >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/2_07_0049_web >> >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/2_23A_0065_web >> >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/3_16A_0089_web >> >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/3_33A_0106_web >> >> >>02A, 16A and 33A are of the Cape Cod Canal; 00, 07 and 23A were >>taken at Marblehead Light. >> >>Comments welcome as always. >>-- >>Regards, >> >>Dick >>Boston MA >> -- Regards, Dick Boston MA