Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed 24 Jan 2007, Luis Ripoll, William Ravenel, and Leonard Taupier: >Alan, >These are all nice. Nice cameras, Nice glass, too. I take it the 85mm >is a LTM with adapter? I can find it in Nikon mount but not Leica. >The broom shot is really neat. >Len commented. ................................................................................ Thank you all for looking and liking. The broom shot was one of many shots I've taken only because of a feeling in my gut that says, "Shoot this." I'm never sure if anyone else will like them, but I've learned to either follow the hint, or feel unsatisfied later. I have LTM Nikkors in 28mm f/3.5, 35mm f/1.8 and 85mm f/2, with adapters, bought cheap in the '70's, and I am so glad to have them. I've never been able to afford newer Leitz lenses, and these Nikkors are plenty sharp for me. In the same vein, even if I wanted to go digital for my personal photos (which I don't), I'd be reluctant to spend what a Rebel XTi costs, much less an M8, which goes for more than I paid for either of our cars. On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 Jim Hemenway wrote: >I like the fisrt one the most. >To my eye, the second would improve greatly with a bit of Photoshop's >Shadow/Highlight adjustment to bring up some details from the dark shadows. >The Retina IIa is a great small camera, I prfer it to my IIc. >Jim ............................................................................... Thanks for the opinion. I haven't tried that adjustment yet, since I tend to do as little in Photoshop as possible. I might re-do the image with a darker sky and check out Shadow/Highlight at that time. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak Senior Photographer Photo Services Univ. of Wis.- Milwaukee Information & Media Technologies amr3@uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/