Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So now I know why cask strength has that color :-) Must be a special feeling to see these animals in their natural habitat. Thanks, Philippe Op 10-jan-08, om 08:53 heeft Matthew Hunt het volgende geschreven: > Thanks Philippe > > Yes the water really is that colour. It is a Scottish water > thing. I used > the ExpoDisc to set manual white balance first. It was a cloudy > day and the > river is lined by trees which overhang partly. There is a huge > waterfall at > the Falls of Shin in the Highlands of Scotland where the salmon > leap up, and > a viewing platform to wait for them. I pre-focussed on the middle > of the > river and got lucky! Another day I photographed some deer, they > are in the > same album. > > Best wishes, > > Matthew > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Philippe > Orlent > Sent: 09 January 2008 23:26 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] The Tele elmarit 135 Is So A Real Pooch of a Lens > > Wow! > Being a cityboy: is that water color natural? > Thanks for showing, > Philippe > > > > Op 8-jan-08, om 22:42 heeft Matthew Hunt het volgende geschreven: > >> But it caught this salmon for me! >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/mnsh/Scot_0707/fauna/ >> L1002954.jpg.html >> Matthew >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> Henning >> Wulff >> Sent: 06 January 2008 01:38 >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Tele elmarit 135 Is So A Real Pooch of a >> Lens >> >> At 10:15 AM -0800 1/5/08, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: >>> Raimo K <raimo.m.korhonen@uusikaupunki.fi> >>> >>>> Since when do they use this designation? >>> >>> Since 1984 at least if not earlier. >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> >>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>>> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 3:17 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Tele elmarit 135 Is So A Real Pooch of a >>>> Lens >>>> >>>> >>>>> Raimo K <raimo.m.korhonen@uusikaupunki.fi> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> APO means apochromatic correction of the lens, there are no >>>>>> apochromatic >>>>>> elements. >>>>> >>>>> In Leica's case, APO is the designation they use for the extra- >>>>> low >>>>> dispersion glass which their optical designers feel is >>>>> essential to >>>>> designing lenses with apochromatic performance. This is like >>>>> Nikon's >> use >>>>> of the ED designation for their extra-low dispersion glass. >>>>> Raimo is >>>>> correct that there are no apochromatic elements, but there is >>>>> APO glass >>>>> which is used to design apochromatic lenses. >>>>> >> >> >> In Leica's case they also use the term correctly. They use the APO >> designation to indicate apochromatic correction. Yes, in many cases >> special low dispersion glasses can help to achieve this, but low >> dispersion or anomalous dispersion glass is not essential for >> apochromatic correction. >> >> Leica uses low dispersion glasses on various non-apochromatic >> lenses as >> well. >> >> -- >> * Henning J. Wulff >> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >> /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com >> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >