Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 3/26/06 10:43 AM, Michiel Fokkema at michiel.fokkema@wanadoo.nl wrote: > Hi Doug, > > Very nice indeed as always. > The DMR picture looks at least as nice as the others. I'd guess you'r > happy with it. Also you're lenses are effectually longer now due to the > crop factor. Is this a problem or a joy? > > Kind regards, > > Michiel Fokkema > > Douglas Herr wrote: >> White-winged Dove in a light rain, from a recent trip to Anza-Borrego >> Desert >> State Park east of San Diego: >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/columbidae/wwdo04.jpg >> >> technical stuff: Leicaflex Sl2, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt, Provia 400F >> >> male Costa's Hummingbird, also from Anza-Borrego: >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/trochilidae/cohu00.jpg >> >> technical stuff: Leicaflex SL, 280mm f/4 APO + 1.4x APO-Extender + >> extension >> tube (I wish it had more DOF), cropped from horizontal. >> >> >> male Western Bluebird, this morning in the back yard: >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/thrushes/webl02.jpg >> >> technical stuff: R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt, ISO 400, auto white balance, >> matrix meter/apertute priority, TIFF file format. Cropped to about 1/3 of >> the original file size. >> >> All comments welcome. >> >> -- >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > Michiel, I'm not sure yet how I feel about the reduced angle of view. I prefer to get close to my subjects, and with full-frame film the 280 is about as short a lens as I can practically use. With the DMR the long end of the 80-200 Vario meets that need quite handily. I still wish the R8's viewfinder were as good as the SL's -- Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com